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 individuals in America who’ve ideas and concepts they cannot put into phrases.
Individuals who have had strokes or traumatic mind accidents typically reside with aphasia: issue utilizing language — each written and spoken.
However music principally originates within the undamaged hemisphere of the mind, and other people with aphasia can typically sing. At present 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 govt producer is Sami Yenigun.
