
giving responses that may not make sense if they've misunderstood questions or comments.misinterpreting the meaning of words, gestures, pictures or drawings.difficulty understanding what people say.People with receptive aphasia may have some of the following signs and symptoms: This can affect everyday activities such as reading an email, managing finances, having conversations, listening to the radio, or following TV programmes. They may also have difficulty interpreting gestures, drawings, numbers and pictures. including nonsense words or their speech not making sense (speech-sound errors)Ī person with receptive aphasia experiences difficulty understanding things they hear or read.using a wrong but related word – such as saying "chair" instead of "table".only using basic nouns and verbs – for example, "want drink" or "go town today".struggling to get certain words out – such as the names of objects, places or people.slow and halting speech – with difficulty constructing a sentence.People with expressive aphasia may have some of the following signs and symptoms: This may affect speech, writing, gestures or drawing, and causes problems with everyday tasks like using the telephone, writing an email, or speaking to family and friends.


Someone with expressive aphasia experiences difficulty communicating their thoughts, ideas and messages to others. In cases where there's gradual damage to the brain as a result of a condition that gets worse over time, such as dementia or a brain tumour, the symptoms may develop gradually. If aphasia has been caused by a sudden brain injury, such as a stroke or severe head injury, symptoms usually develop straight after the injury. Aphasia affects everyone differently, but most people will have difficulty expressing themselves or understanding things they hear or read.
