APHASIA AND NONLINGUISTIC COGNITIVE REHABILITATION: CASE STUDY

The language is a prerequisite for a variety of cognitive performance. Its demand for symbolism makes it one of the most challenging cognitive activities. A complete loss of already acquired communication skills is called aphasia. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of cognitive rehabilitation on recovery from aphasia. The research question is: "What is the effect of the rehabilitation of non-linguistic cognitive functions on language recovery in selected patient with mild anomic aphasia?" The aim of the paper is to analyze the effect of non-linguistic cognitive rehabilitation on fluency factor and pragmatic language in person with mild anomic aphasia in chronic stage. Research has a character of a longitudinal case study of one person with mild anomic aphasia after stroke in the chronic stage. A cognitive rehabilitation effect was evaluated with the Addenbrook's cognitive test, a revised version, 2010 ( ACE-R). Also, we used Tests of Verbal and Figural Fluency, Clock test and modification of Test of Pragmatic Language. In the context of the case study of the person with mild anomic aphasia, it has been detected and verified that the non-linguistic cognitive rehabilitation affects recovery of aphasia. A highly significant improvement was observed in verbal fluency and quality of life. We would like to highlight that this intervention should be an essential component in aphasia therapy. (C) 2017 Published by Future Academy www.Future Academy.org.UK