Exercise language
In addition to the skeletal muscles, speech can also be affected by a stroke. This is important in the communication between the patient and the therapist, as well as between the patient and his relatives. Here, too, speech therapy exercises can be performed to improve speech ability.
Here too, it is important to tailor the exercises to the individual patient. 1) In the first exercise you will practice pronouncing words that patients have in their heads. Patients often have a word recall disorder when they have a stroke.
Here the patient is shown an object in a picture, which he cannot name directly, but should describe it with other words. So take pictures of objects that interest them and try to describe them in your own words. For example, you would not be able to say the term directly on a picture of a bed, but you would describe the bed as a place to sleep.
Take a few pictures at the beginning and increase the number further. 2) The next exercise is for a disturbance of the linguistic understanding. Here you need a second person to name an object to you. You should be able to find and recognize this object in the pictures. However, the exercises do not have to be based on objects alone.
Summary
The causes of a stroke are damage to the brain due to an inadequate blood supply (due to blood clots) or a compressive hemorrhage (due to trauma or the bursting of a supply vessel important for the brain). As a result, the brain tissue in the affected area dies and physical deficits occur, which manifest themselves in the neurological area. The acute event can be life-threatening and must be clarified by a doctor.
After the acute treatment by the doctor, the post-treatment of deficits that have arisen is necessary. Due to the consequences of a stroke, patients may be restricted in their physical mobility and communication. Restrictions on individual extremities or the entire body half can follow. Physiotherapy and speech therapy is therefore important to help the patient with his deficits and to rebuild them.
