Aphasia

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People with aphasia may have difficulty reading, writing, speaking and understanding language. The condition can develop when areas of your brain that process language are damaged by stroke or a traumatic brain injury.

Possible signs

Difficult to comprehend verbal language
Difficult to comprehend sentences with complex grammatical structures
Difficult to understand figurative language
Difficult to read and write written language
Difficult to aware speech errors
Difficulty in word finding
Produce mainly short phrases only
Produce agrammatical sentences
Sound or word substitution
Use of jargons