You may recognize the term “aphasia” from the news: A well-known actor recently made headlines when he announced that he was stepping away from acting because he’d been diagnosed with the condition.
In fact, 180,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with aphasia—a disorder that results from damage to parts of the brain responsible for language, profoundly affecting a person’s ability to speak, listen, read and write—each year. It currently affects about 2 million Americans.
Read more at: https://www.jnj.com/health-and-wellness/what-does-aphasia-really-feel-like
