India, June 25 -- Aphasia is a neurological disorder that affects how a person speaks, understands language, reads or writes. Although it affects an individual's communication skills through the brain's language networks, it does not affect intelligence.

According to speech language pathologist and speech therapist Shivam Singh, head of the speech and audiology department at Marengo Asia Institutes of Neurosciences, the condition is common after a stroke. It may also be caused by brain injury, brain tumours, infections, or neurodegenerative diseases.

Speaking with HT Lifestyle on the occasion of Aphasia Awareness Month, which is observed every June, he shared a list of warning signs that one should look out for to detect the disease ear...