Fluent aphasia after closed brain injury: Significance of early assessment and treatment

Abstract

The paper presents a forty-year-old patient with fluent aphasia caused by traumatic brain injury. Characteristics of the disorder and recovery dynamics were described. The influence of speech therapy on restitution of language competence was evaluated. After five-month treatment, full recovery of language and communicative abilities were observed. The patient returned to his previous job. Significance of early assessment and posttraumatic aphasia treatment in rehabilitation of patients with brain injury was emphasized. .

U radu je prikazan četrdesttrogodišnji bolesnik sa fluentnom afazijom izazvanom zatvorenom povredom mozga. Opisane su karakteristike poremećaja i dinamika oporavka. Evaluiran je uticaj govorne terapije na restituciju jezičkih funkcija. Nakon petomesečnog tretmana, evidentiran je potpun oporavak jezičkih i komunikativnih sposobnosti.Bolesnik se vratio na svoj posao i normalno obavlja radne i svakodnevne životne aktivnosti. Istaknut je značaj rane dijagnostike i tretmana postraumatske afazije u rehabilitaciji bolesnika sa traumatskim oštećenjima mozga. .