Problems

William was a college professor and church pastor. He had also authored several books. Listeners could understand approximately 30% of his speech, but could often get the gist of his conversation. His family didn’t know what to do to help him or to communicate with him. William wanted to return to helping others, but was very frustrated about his communication. Like most people with Wernicke’s aphasia, he was not aware of his speech errors, but he could tell sometimes that people weren’t understanding him.