The Aphasia Choir of Vermont rehearsing in 2024.
Erica Heilman
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Erica Heilman
The Aphasia Choir of Vermont rehearsing in 2024.
Erica Heilman
There are not less than two million folks in America who’ve ideas and concepts they cannot put into phrases.
Individuals who have had strokes or traumatic mind accidents usually reside with aphasia: problem utilizing language — each written and spoken.
However music principally originates within the undamaged hemisphere of the mind, and folks with aphasia can usually sing. Immediately in our bonus episode, in partnership with the podcast Rumble Strip, we meet a member of The Aphasia Choir of Vermont.
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This episode was produced by Erica Heilman and Noah Caldwell. It was edited by Ashley Brown and Erica Heilman. Our government producer is Sami Yenigun.
