People who suffer a stroke or brain injury due to car accidents, gunshots or other trauma have a wide range of aphasia symptoms in the areas of reading, writing and speaking. Dr. Pelagie Beeson is a professor and head of the UArizona's Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, and a BIO5 faculty member. She leads her research group to use a battery of tests on patients in order to personalize treatment based on symptoms and performance on the tests. The tests include reading words, writing words and speaking in addition to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The tests allow Beeson and her researchers to which areas of the brain have been damaged and they can then focus on rehabilitation.
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