6/27/10 Speech Pathology – Ellen Potter

Being able to speak is a given until you can’t. Speech is taken for granted. Many issues impede our ability to speak from genetics to disease. The role of speech pathology is discussed with Ellen Potter of Greenwich Hospital.

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Wernicke's Aphasia

http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/Search/85,P00440

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernicke%27s_aphasia

Aphasia

http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/Library/Encyclopedia/85,P00440

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia

Landau-Kleffner Syndrome – http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/Library/Encyclopedia/85,P00454

Landau-Kleffner Syndrome -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landau-kleffner_syndrome

Expressive aphasia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressive_aphasia