Does having a stroke result in a loss of intelligence?

Really I think it depends where the stroke was. Obviously if you had a stroke in an area critical to thinking, it could leave you severely impaired. Similarly if you have a stroke in an area involved in speech for example, it can be a long time before you recover your full speech ability, if you ever do. read more

My speech therapist was pretty adamant that having a stroke does NOT, in any way, affect your intelligence. It affects your processing speed, she said. I agree, with one caveat: there were some days I was SO tired I did not want to think. read more

If a stroke occurs and blood flow can't reach the region that controls a particular body function, that part of the body won't work as it should. If the stroke occurs toward the back of the brain, for instance, it's likely that some disability involving vision will result. read more

Published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, this important study suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to stroke, foreshadowing an actual cerebrovascular event [stroke] as much as two years [later]. read more