Elena Tashkova

Alternative Forms of Communication at Persons with Aphasia Elena Tashkova

The subject of the research is defined as an analyze of the forms of AAK, that the patients with Brokin's and Vernike's aphasia use in the everyday communication. As well as research the requirement of the forms of AAK can be used for developing and improving of the communicative abilities at the persons with aphasia. The aim of this research is to find the forms and the strategies of AAK for support and help in the communication to the persons with aphasia in Municipality Shtip, Republic of Macedonia. In the research were included three groups of researched persons. The first category of researched persons included 30 patients at the age of 34 to 75 years with aphasia as an consequence of a brain stroke that were hospitalized in the Public hospital WU- Neuropsychiatry in Shtip, Republic of Macedonia and sick persons that were at home. In the second group were included 30 members of the families of the patients, and in the third group 27 persons, medical personnel employed in the Physical therapy - Shtip, Republic of Macedonia.