COGNITION (i.e. to do with the way the brain uses and makes sense of information) – you may have difficulty paying attention or concentrating when people are talking to you. Similarly, you may find it hard to remember some or a lot of what people have said. You may find your speed of thinking is slower or that it is just harder to think of things to say now. Alternatively, you may find you start talking about one topic and then go off the point and end up talking about something different. The term used to describe these changes is COGNITIVE-COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES.

LANGUAGE - you may have difficulty understanding what is being said to you. Reading might also be a problem. When you speak you may mix words up, or not be able to say the word the word you want to. Writing can be similarly affected. The term to describe this complicated language disorder is APHASIA.

SPEECH - your speech may sound slurred or unclear. This is because of a disturbance of control of the muscles involved with speaking. The term used to describe this speech disorder is DYSARTHRIA.