A Lecturer from the Physics Department at the College of Education for Pure Sciences Publishes a Global Study.
Asst. Lect. Zainab Abdul Razzaq Muhammad from the Physics Department published a scientific study titled: (Speech Disorder in Iraqi Patients with Stroke)
Speech Disorder in Iraqi Patients with Stroke
in the Journal of Global Scientific Research in Language and Linguistics.
The study aimed to consider language as an essential part of life, through which we can communicate thoughts and feelings, send messages, communicate with each other, etc. Language, a basic intellectual ability, is supported by complex neurological and psychological mechanisms. The study includes three chapters. The first chapter contains a theoretical explanation of clinical neurolinguistics. I found this title more appropriate for the first chapter, given the connections between aphasia and clinical linguistics on the one hand and neurolinguistics on the other.
The study included several topics that discussed the main parts of the brain, which are important to understand in order to understand the role of language in our brains. It also discusses aphasia and its main types. In addition to the practical aspect, it relies on patients with stroke under the supervision of a neurologist (Dr. Abdul Razzaq M. Al-Asfour). The study included five patients who were hospitalized at Al-Hussein Hospital in Karbala, Iraq. Their conversations were recorded and their speech was linguistically analyzed to determine the extent of stroke’s impact on areas responsible for language production and comprehension. The study concluded that aphasia results from damage to the left side of the brain, which is responsible for language functions. In many individuals, these areas are located in the left hemisphere of the brain. Aphasia usually develops suddenly, often after a stroke or head trauma, but it can also develop gradually due to a degenerative neurological condition. This disorder impairs language expression and comprehension, as well as reading and writing. Aphasia may coincide with speech disorders, such as dysarthria or aphasia, which also result from brain damage. We also conclude that the left hemisphere of the brain controls the right side of the body, while the right hemisphere controls the left side. An injury to either area of the brain may result in motor paralysis.
