Gesture communication is increasingly recognised as a vital compensatory strategy in aphasia rehabilitation. Aphasia, most commonly arising from stroke-related brain injuries, impairs verbal ...

Involvement of Broca’s area will result in expressive aphasia, which may present as anything from word-finding difficulty to total mutism. As long as Wernicke’s area remains intact, the patient will ...

If you’ve ever played Charades, you have some idea of what patients with aphasia go through. Life is a continual pantomime — using gestures but no words to communicate. Stroke survivors with aphasia ...

Migraine episodes are mostly known for causing pain and discomfort, but they can also sometimes have neurological (brain-related) effects, including aphasia. Migraine headaches are intense headaches ...