{"id":954,"date":"2015-07-28T06:24:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T13:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/?p=954"},"modified":"2015-07-28T06:24:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T13:24:57","slug":"aphasia-mayo-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"Aphasia &#8211; Mayo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Preparing for your appointment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If your aphasia is due to a stroke or head injury, you&#8217;ll probably first see an emergency room physician. You&#8217;ll then see a doctor who specializes in disorders of the nervous system (neurologist), and you may eventually be referred to a speech-language pathologist for rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>Because this condition generally arises as an emergency, you won&#8217;t have time to prepare. If possible, bring the medications or supplements you take with you to the hospital so that your doctor is aware of them.<\/p>\n<p>When you have follow-up appointments, you&#8217;ll likely need a companion to drive you to your doctor&#8217;s office. In addition, this person may be able to help you communicate with your doctor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some questions a loved one or friend may want to ask your doctor include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s the most likely cause of these speech difficulties?<\/li>\n<li>Are tests needed?<\/li>\n<li>Is aphasia temporary or long lasting?<\/li>\n<li>What treatments are available for aphasia, and which do you recommend?<\/li>\n<li>Are there services available, such as speech-language therapy or home health assistance?<\/li>\n<li>Are there ways to help my loved one understand others or communicate more effectively?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What to expect from your doctor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your doctor will likely have questions, too. A loved one or friend can help your doctor get the information needed. Your doctor may ask:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When did the symptoms start?<\/li>\n<li>Do you understand what others are saying?<\/li>\n<li>Do others understand what you&#8217;re saying?<\/li>\n<li>Has the aphasia been continuous, or does it come and go?<\/li>\n<li>Have you noticed changes in your speech &#8211; such as the way you move your jaw, tongue and lips to make speech sounds &#8211; or the sound of your voice?<\/li>\n<li>Have you noticed changes in your ability to understand what you read or your ability to spell and write sentences?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Norma<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing for your appointment If your aphasia is due to a stroke or head injury, you&#8217;ll probably first see an emergency room physician. You&#8217;ll then see a doctor who specializes in disorders of the nervous system (neurologist), and you may eventually be referred to a speech-language pathologist for rehabilitation. Because this condition generally arises as &#8230; <a title=\"Aphasia &#8211; Mayo\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/?p=954\" aria-label=\"Read more about Aphasia &#8211; Mayo\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aphasia","category-family","category-friend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":956,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions\/956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sassquatch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}