Aphasia 失語症 Sarah Scott and Jill Bolte (2010~2015)

(Updated May 20, 2015)

Sarah Scott aphasia recovery video 7, uploaded on  May 20, 2015 (Broca's aphasia)

 
Sarah Scott is a young woman who had an ischemic stroke (Wikipedia; 維基百科) in 2009 and is recovering from aphasia. In the videos below, you can hear Sarah's wonderfully
dedicated mom in the background. For years and years, Sarah's mom has been patiently acting as her speech therapist, giving her hints and constantly encouraging her. 

Note that professional speech-language pathologists (SLPs, also called speech therapists: 言語治療師/言语治疗师 in Chinese) make good money: this is an excellent career choice if you are a caring person who is deeply interested in linguistics.

One question to think about: What kind of aphasia does Sarah have: receptive aphasia or expressive aphasia? In other words, does Sarah have trouble understanding others (receptive aphasia) or speaking (expressive aphasia)?

Remember:

receive (VB) = to understand what people say (ADJ = receptive)
express yourself = to say what you mean (ADJ = expressive)

Sarah Scott videos (2010~2015)

Sarah Scott aphasia recovery video 1, uploaded on  March 1, 2010 (Broca's aphasia)

Sarah Scott aphasia recovery video 2, uploaded on  September 7, 2010 (Broca's aphasia)

Sarah Scott aphasia recovery video 3, uploaded on  May 13, 2011 (Broca's aphasia)
 

Sarah Scott aphasia recovery video 4, uploaded on  May 13, 2012 (Broca's aphasia)

Sarah Scott aphasia recovery video 5, uploaded on  May 14, 2013 (Broca's aphasia)

Sarah Scott aphasia recovery video 6, uploaded on  May 15, 2014 (Broca's aphasia)

Sarah Scott aphasia recovery video 7, uploaded on  May 20, 2015 (Broca's aphasia)

If you watch all seven videos one by one, you can see that Sarah still has problems, but she is definitely getting better. If a friend or family member has aphasia, don't give up. There is hope!

Jill Bolte Taylor Video

Jill Bolte Taylor is a neuroscientist who had a stroke. She tells how how it feels in this TED.COM video (Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight). Don't forget to turn on the subtitles and the interactive transcript:

6-Don't forget to turn on the interactive transcript

7-How it feels to have a stroke

You can also watch Jill Bolte's stroke video (My Stroke of Insight) video on YouTube above, but there is no interactive transcript. TED.COM is a better place to view this video (you can also read many more comments).

How or why do people get strokes? If you want to find out, here is one suggestion:


Smoking is a Wonderful Way to Get Aphasia!

It's good to remember that smoking makes you look cool:

8-CC--BY-SA Helga Weber, 89365 - Lick Me, All Of You, Flickr (3397447249_fc362d7513)

Older smokers are also very sexy:

9-Sukanto Debnath, old lady from Patan(Nepal), smoking (CC-BY Flickr 3357963311_79aed43a11)

However, smoking greatly increases your risk of getting a stroke. After a stroke, you might have aphasia or you might not be able to walk anymore. Wow! Isn't smoking wonderful?

After a stroke, many people are no longer able to walk. Fortunately, there are wheelchairs.

10-Cyclone Wheelchair, CC--BY-NC-SA Wheelz24 (Flickr 188649282_284e71ded4)