After a brain injury, many people have difficulties with speaking, listening or being aware of other people’s non-verbal communication. These difficulties can include problems with talking and writing; or with understanding what they are reading, or what someone is saying (ie. difficulties in absorbing and processing information). Some people also find it difficult to have a conversation in a group and may get restless, or not realise that they are interrupting other people. Of course, this can lead to problems and means that their family, work colleagues, and friends may need to show them patience and understanding.
- Not being able to recognize words that they used to know
- Needing things to be repeated several times
- Having difficulty when someone speaks quickly or tells them a lot of information in one go.
- Not paying attention in conversations
- Not understanding fully what someone is saying
- Not being able to follow instructions
- Misunderstanding jokes, sarcasm, or taking what someone says literally.
- Difficulty “finding” the word they want to say, or using the wrong word altogether.
- Getting the order of the words in a sentence mixed up.
- Repeating the same thing over and over (this is known as “perseveration”).
- Answering only “yes” or “no” when someone asks them a question.
- Poor spelling and difficulty in learning new words.
- Trouble with writing full sentences.
A Speech and Language Therapist may be able to assist by helping to strengthen muscles, to increase movement of the mouth and tongue, with breathing exercises, and by slowing down speech. Some people find that equipment, such as a voice synthesizer, may be a way for them to communicate when they are not able to use their own voice.
In a word, these problems are known as dysphasia or aphasia (see
https://headbraininjury.wordpress.com/2016/02/28/headbrain-injury-and-dysphasia-or-aphasia/)
from
http://medlineplus.co/remember-the-13-common-things-that-people-face-difficulties-having-brain-injury/
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https://www.facebook.com/THINKHeadInjuryAwarenessNZ/
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Craig Lock loves to encourage and empower people to be the best they can possibly be, and to create what they want in life. Craig has learnt plenty from the "school of life" (still "battered and bruised") and also from a few "hard knocks on the head". He is an extensive world traveller (on a "shoestring budget") and failed professional emigrater who has spent most of his life’s savings on airfares. He is still sliding down the razor blade of life on the beautiful undiscovered island that is New Zealand, somewhere near the bottom (rude!) of the world near Antarctica. There he talks to the 60 million sheep! Craig has been involved in the corporate world (life assurance) for "many moons". However, through a rather strange (and unique) set of circumstances and finding himself in a small town near the bottom of the world ...and with nothing else to do, he started writing. That was five years ago. Five published books later and having written another twenty manuscripts (now 300 + on widely differing subjects - well what else is there to do here?)... this is where Craig is in the "journey/adventure" that is life. Craig has run a run a successful creative writing course (not teaching sheep!) at the local Polytechnic. He was the author of (as far as we know) the first creative writing course on the internet. He has many varied interests and passions and is particularly interested in the field of psychology – studying the human mind and what makes different people "tick-tock grandfather clock". He is fascinated by the "overlap between psychology and the dimension of spirituality".
One of his missions in life is helping people make the most of their hidden potential and so finding their niche in life... so that they are happy.
Craig’s various books probably tell more about his rather "eventful" life best (no one could believe it!). He writes books with serious messages and themes, then as a contrast "rather crazy, wacky stuff"…to keep him sane here. As an ‘anonymouse’ person wrote: "All of us are born mad; some of us remain so."
Well nothing else much happens in quiet provincial New Zealand, other than headlines like "Golf Ball Thrown at Policeman" and "Beach Toilet Closed for Season.". True!
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