ON THIS PAGE WE WILL ATTEMPT TO PROFESSIONALLY AND TRULY ANSWER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL AND PERSONAL CONTACT.

• After my wife had a stroke, it became difficult for her to move and she was diagnosed with aphasia. This has completely changed her behaviour (frequent attacks of causeless anger, uncontrollable laughter, crying). How can I help her?
• In patients with aphasia there often occurs a so-called psychoorganic syndrome, i.e. change in behaviour, particularly towards family members and loved ones.
• Sometimes we will simply ignore the changed behaviour, unless it is aggressive. Sometimes we will carefully direct the person with our actions in the desired direction with the goal not to change the behaviour, but to make life easier in communication with the patient.
• It is important to note that the patient is not aware of his or her condition and the changes that happened - which leaves us with an emotional scar and requires a lot of effort. However, this is the only way because we live with this person, we love him or her, we unreservedly help, and we offer them human dignity.
• So for the first time in life we face a mature adult who starts behaving in an infantile way, showing emotions of happiness, sadness, defiance, etc. Very often the person refuses to cooperate and receive the help from their loved ones, their wife or husband. The person feels powerless, angry and ashamed because he or she cannot be the person they once were: mature, grown up, full and active. There is no need to fight such behaviour or enter into conflict, because this can lead to inadvertently entering a permanent conflict.
• My child is not speaking yet, and it is almost two and a half years old. When should the child start going to speech testing?
• My child is four years old. He does not pronounce some sounds clearly and does not speak properly. Do we need to contact a speech therapist?