Welcome to the North East Trust for Aphasia (NETA) new website for people with Aphasia. 
- NETA's main purpose is to support people with Aphasia, providing information and therapy support and the funding of the Aphasia Support Centre , now called "Comm-Unity".
- NETA is a registered charity (No. 1100882), at present located in the University of Newcastle.
- The Aphasia Support Centre "Comm-Unity" was launched in March 2006 and is there to help people who have aphasia and their families, carers and/or friends.
- We hope you enjoy our website and find it helpful, See our Services
page for ways in which you can help NETA.
What is Aphasia (sometimes called Dysphasia) - The Silent Disability?
- Aphasia is the loss or impairment of speech and language skills following brain damage (arising from a stroke or head injury).
- One third of everyone who has had a stroke has problems with communication. Current figures show there are some 50,000 people in the North East who have aphasia.
- Aphasia causes people to have difficulty in communicating their message - this may be due to problems with speaking, understanding what is said, reading and/or writing, concentration or combinations of these problems.
- Side effects of one or more of these problems, are the loss of confidence and the feeling of isolation by the person concerned.