The effects of a stroke or traumatic brain injury can be unpredictable because damage doesn’t just disrupt an area of tissue, but also the networks it participates in.
I think I get what he was trying to communicate then. Think that might be more common than doctors believe?
I once had a conversation with someone with Wernicke's aphasia. I think I occasionally understood what they were trying to say. My impression was that the more I knew their associations, developed a history with them, and understand the context, the more often I would see the meaning in the tangled words.
It reminds me a little bit of... There was a night when my roommate texted me late at night. She'd been out and was drunk. And almost every single word of her message had been auto-corrected to the wrong word...and yet I somehow understood what she was trying to say.
"I hope the world lasts for you" is a strangely poignant statement.
Yes! What a lovely person.
I think I get what he was trying to communicate then. Think that might be more common than doctors believe?
I once had a conversation with someone with Wernicke's aphasia. I think I occasionally understood what they were trying to say. My impression was that the more I knew their associations, developed a history with them, and understand the context, the more often I would see the meaning in the tangled words.
It reminds me a little bit of... There was a night when my roommate texted me late at night. She'd been out and was drunk. And almost every single word of her message had been auto-corrected to the wrong word...and yet I somehow understood what she was trying to say.