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Bonus Episode: The Aphasia Choir

2025/2/15
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Scott Detrow: 患有失语症的人们虽然在语言表达上存在障碍,但他们往往能够通过歌唱来表达自己。这是因为音乐在大脑中主要由未受损的半球控制。因此,音乐成为了他们沟通和表达情感的重要途径。 Erica Heilman: 安娜已经与失语症抗争了19年,她一直在努力克服语言和词汇上的困难。她的故事让我们思考,在一个充满言语的世界里,那些难以找到词语的人们是如何被对待的,以及沉默的意义是什么。通过她的经历,我们可以更深入地了解失语症患者的内心世界。 Anna King: 自从那场可怕的自行车事故后,我的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。我不得不重新学习如何思考、说话、站立,一切都像是从头开始。我曾经梦想着去UVM学习化学,但事故改变了我的轨迹。虽然我经历了孤独,但我明白黑暗与光明是并存的,它们构成了完整的人生。我希望人们能够对失语症患者多一些耐心,理解他们想要表达却难以找到词语的痛苦。即使无法完全理解,陪伴本身就是一种支持。父母和狗狗的爱让我深受感动,而Karen(合唱团创始人)将我们聚集在一起,给予我们爱和支持。在合唱团里唱歌是一种快乐的体验,就像咬一口桃子,同时遛狗一样,生活中的点滴都弥足珍贵。每天呼吸新鲜空气,感受生活的美好,这让我更加珍惜每一天。

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There are at least two million people in America who have thoughts and ideas they can't put into words. People who have had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken. But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the brain, and people with aphasia can often sing. Today in our bonus episode, in partnership with the podcast Rumble Strip, we meet a member of The Aphasia Choir of Vermont.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org). Email us at [email protected]).Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)