As-Salaam-Alaikum:

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent the Most Merciful.

I bear witness that there is no God but He and

Muhammad is His Messenger

 

 

November 4, 2008 

Dear Believers,

            After this, I intend to make 2 or possibly 3 statements on Aphasia that I’m, by the help of Allah, overcoming. After that I don’t plan on continuing this. And I’m thinking about saying nothing further about my health—period.

Now, in this one, I intend to make very clear what ‘Conduction Aphasia’ is. This will not cover everything, because I am not a doctor. Then there is continuous research still going on regarding the brain. The fact that aphasia is rare is important. Only a small number of people have it. The scientist states that only a little over a million people in this country suffer from this condition. The type of aphasia I have is called conduction aphasia and is the rarest. The number of people who suffer from this type of Aphasia is 3-5 percent of that one million persons, according to the scientist.

What is conduction aphasia? Taken from www.neurology.health-cares.net/conduction-aphasia. “Conduction aphasia is a relatively rare form of aphasia, caused by damage to the nerve fibres connecting Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas (arcuate fasciculus). Conduction aphasia, also called associative aphasia, is rather uncommon. Individuals with conduction aphasia are unable to repeat words, sentences, and phrases. Speech is fairly unbroken, although individuals may frequently correct themselves and words may be skipped or repeated. Although able to understand spoken language, it may also be difficult for the individual with conduction aphasia to find the right word to describe a person or object. The impact of this condition on reading and writing ability varies. As with other types of aphasia, right-sided weakness or sensory loss may be present.”

Conduction aphasia is a disruption in the nerve fibers that connects the two centers in the brain for language. In order to speak normally, both language centers have to communicate with each other. In order for the language center to communicate is has to do it via the nerve fibers. A person with conduction aphasia can regain their normal speech pattern if speech therapy is started in time. After a brain injury or a stroke, the body automatically goes into a spontaneous healing, depending upon the health of the person prior to the injury of the brain, will determine how far the spontaneous healing will go. Shortly after the spontaneous healing, it is very important to get into speech therapy to further advance the spontaneous healing and possibly turn the condition around.

Research is ongoing.

Another, problem, in my case, recently, it was discovered that one of my vocal fold (cord) is 95 percent paralyzed. It was caused by the stroke I suffered last year. I am also getting therapy for it. This has to do with my voice volume and voice output. I find that kind of therapy so fascinating.

MORE ON APHASIA #4, ALLAH WILLING.

P.S.  “Time” and “tiredness” is involved when one is dealing, on any level, with a person (especially with a person in the early stages of overcoming this condition). I intend to go into something that I am only touching right now.

Generally, speaking and writing causes a person with aphasia, to experience extreme tiredness. It takes tremendous energy out of the person. A person with aphasia requires a lot more energy to speak and write. It also requires more time for that person to recuperate or recover from simply, speaking and writing.

Another factor is that therapy takes a lot of “time” and produces “tiredness” and requires time to recover from each session.

The context of this ‘problem’ ultimately has to be understood in terms of other aspects of my (or any other person’s) health condition.

As Salaam Alaikum,

Jabril Muhammad