Frequently Asked Questions

Question 1？

Q: Is aphasia contagious? 

A: Aphasia is not contagious. 

Question 2？

Q: What is aphasia not?

A: Aphasia is not attributable to confusion, sensory loss, or motor dysfunction.

Question 3？

Q: Do people with aphasia decrease in their intellect?

A: Aphasia is mostly a language problem, it is a language "access deficit", not a "storage deficit", it could correlated
with cognition, but people who have aphasia do not lose their intellect.

Question 4？

Q: Can aphasia be cured?

A: Speech-language pathology is provided as the direct and indirect therapy for language deficits, but not to cure aphasia.

Question 5？

Q: Who can have aphasia?

A: Aphasia affects people of all ages, nationalities, races and genders.

Question 6？

Q: What is TIA?

A: Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is acute disruption of blood flow without infarction to the brain, it usually lasts no more than 5 minutes. It is considered a "warning sign" for future stroke.