Creation date in repository: 2023-07-24

Abstract: This thesis aims to explain the theoretical content of aphasia, which is a speech disorder that affects the production and comprehension of spoken language. Depending on the area of the brain that has been damaged, the symptoms of aphasia can vary and affect the patients differently. An analysis of five videos of different aphasics was carried out to prove that the theoretical characteristics of Broca’s and Wernicke’s aphasia coincided with the observable symptoms of the patients. The results show that most of the patients’ symptoms coincided with those mentioned in the theoretical background, even though some variances were found.

Subject: Filologia

Language: en

Subject areas: Filología Philology Filologia

Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys

Student: Calabuig Manso, Tàlia

Academic year: 2021-2022

Title in different languages: Afasia y Disfasia: La pérdida y el deterioro del habla debido a lesiones cerebrales Aphasia and Dysphasia: Language Loss and Language Impairment due to Lesions in the Brain L'Afàsia i la Disfàsia: La pèrdua i el deteriorament de la parla degut a lesions cerebrals

Work's public defense date: 2022-06-14

Access rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Keywords: Afasia, disfasia, plasticidad cerebral Aphasia, dysphasia, brain plasticity Afàsia, disfàsia, plasticitat cerebral

Confidenciality: No

TFG credits: 9

Title in original language: Aphasia and Dysphasia: Language Loss and Language Impairment due to Lesions in the Brain

Project director: Manegre, Marni Lynne

Education area(s): Anglès

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)