Aphasia, a language disorder arising from cerebral injury, has spurred the development of diverse treatment protocols targeting impaired word retrieval. Current interventions integrate ...

Q I suffered a stroke about a year ago and have completed outpatient rehab. I have been having a problem understanding ...

Aphasia (uh-fay'-zhuh) is a communication disorder that can affect a person's ability to use and understand spoken or written words. It results from damage to the side of the brain dominant for ...

Aphasia is a communication disorder that results from damage to parts of the brain that manage language. Dealing with aphasia [xcom] Aphasia is a communication disorder that results from damage to ...

Researchers have found in a new study that among patients with chronic aphasia following stroke, combining right seventh cervical nerve (C7) neurotomy with intensive speech and language ...

Boston University’s Center for Brain Research, which received a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, is ...

Florida Receives NIH Grant for Aphasia Treatment University of Florida researchers recently were awarded a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to test several treatments for stroke ...

Aphasia is a debilitating speech and language disorder that stems from brain damage. It's as common as some other neurological conditions -- such as Parkinson's disease-- but aphasia isn't nearly as ...

Combining neck surgery with intensive speech therapy is associated with greater improvements in a person's ability to communicate after a stroke than intensive speech therapy alone, finds a clinical ...

Wendy Williams, best known for her 13-season run as a daytime talk show host, has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. The news came via a February 22, 2024, ...

Bruce Willis is taking a break from acting due to a brain disorder called aphasia, "which is impacting his cognitive abilities," his family announced Wednesday. "As a result of this and with much ...