aphasic
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"This research adds to a growing body of work establishing that even severely aphasic individuals can preserve their ability for abstract logical thought -- a defining feature of our species," Fedorenko says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
My familiarity with Chaikin comes mainly from his productions of Samuel Beckett and Shepard that he directed late in his career, after a stroke had left him aphasic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
On those immediate postelection mornings in November when I lay in bed aphasic and estranged from myself, whatever did not address the current predicament seemed unworthy.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2016
In another case, a woman who had suffered a left-hemispheric stroke and was dramatically aphasic, unable to say more than the occasional random syllable, was also prescribed Ambien because she had trouble falling asleep.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2014
The shelves of plumbing equip-ment, and there seem to be acres of them, contain not a single item I can name, which gives me an idea of what it feels like to be aphasic.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
