1. Research on the efficacy of treatment for global aphasia is somewhat inconclusive. 2. Persons with global aphasia are often depression. 3. Persons with global aphasia are socially appropriate, usually attentive, and task-oriented. 4. Global aphasia is usually an effect of a thrombotic stroke rather than an embolic one.5. Some studies have shown that persons diagnosed with global aphasia do not make significant gains. 6. Patients with mixed transcortical aphasia demonstrate similar deficits as those seen in patients with global aphasia . 7. Global aphasia has been cited the most common type of aphasia in patients referred for speech therapy.8. Using WAB or the BDAE can rule out global aphasia if the ability to repeat is present. 9. Speech and language goals for persons with global aphasia should be focused on improving participation in daily activities. 10. Although the prognosis for persons diagnosed with global aphasia is poor, minimal gains in language abilities are possible.
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