#98 The Importance of Counseling for Person's with PPA, with Lindsey Wineholt
In this episode, Lindsey Wineholt, a speech pathologist at UT Health at Austin, shares her expertise on neurodegenerative disorders, specifically primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Here are the key takeaways:
- PPA primarily affects language skills and typically starts in the late fifties or early sixties, gradually worsening over time.
- Diagnosis of PPA can be challenging due to the gradual onset of symptoms.
- PPA has three subtypes: non-fluent agrammatic, logopenic, and semantic, each presenting unique language difficulties.
- Primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS) is a newer…
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