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26th, Sunday
Aphasia FEB2017

LOSS OF LANGUAGE. Hotel Savera, RK Salai, Chennai
NOT LOSS OF INTELLIGENCE!

“
Two years ago, my wife Sudha had a stroke that resulted in Aphasia and she was left with practically zero speech. From
there, she has come a long way thanks to Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) , their understanding of Aphasia and the
incredible techniques they use. Against our conventional beliefs that progress stops in six months, I discovered at RIC, the
learning and progress never stops for life. My wife and I believed that this knowledge should benefit every Aphasia patient
”
and caregiver in India.
Jayendra Panchapakesan
Co- founder Bhoomika Trust

In one instance that a person has a stroke in the left hemisphere of the
brain, the speech or the language center of the brain is affected -
leaving the person unable to speak, read or write.

This condition called Aphasia is loss of language and not loss
of intelligence.

Inside this person, the need to communicate their
thoughts, express their feelings and share their opinions is
very much alive and kicking, but they are trapped inside
unable to say a word.

Fromrom here, is it possible to speak, read and write
F
again?

We have always believed whatever improvement we see
in six months after the stroke is all that we will ever see.

Is this true?

Come discover some unbelievable facts about Aphasia and
Aphasia therapy.

Bhoomika Trust
cordially invites you to a talk on

Aphasia. The Learning Never Stops...

Leora R. Cherney, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Ann K. Oehring, MA, CCC-SLP
Senior Research Scientist (RIC) and Consultant (RIC) and Director of
Professor at Northwestern University Chicago Speech and Language Services

26th February, 2017 | Hotel Savera, Chennai | 9am: Breakfast followed by the talk