RE: aphasic

[Garry Woessner]

It depends on the etiology and the site of injury (e.g. left hemisphere, brain stem, etc.)  but if it is a language impairment following a neurological insult in the cerebral cortex, it is usually referred to as “global aphasia.”       Garry L. Woessner, MA, CCC, MBA, CAS Woessner Healthcare Consulting Group 6602 Scandia Road Edina, MN 55439 952-944-5415 (office) 612-670-1956 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Confidentiality Notice:  This e-mail message is for sole use of intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information.  Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, distribution or copying is prohibited.  If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by replying to this e-mail and destroy/delete all copies of this e-mail message.     -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: aphasic   In a message dated 1/13/2004 7:04:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I can understand why it’s confusing as the terms all sound very similar.  Here is a quick cheat sheet:   Aphasia -  language disorder Dysphasia – language disorder (same as aphasia) Dysarthria - motor speech disorder. “Dysphagia” - swallowing disorder Thanks Gary. Question: what is the term for being totally unable to verbalize at all?