DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. (KTIV) - It’s a communication disorder that impairs a person’s ability to process language, speak, read, write or simply comprehend what people are saying. It’s called Aphasia and ...

AITKIN — Aphasia affects each person differently — but one point is clear: it’s a loss of language, not intelligence. “There are varying degrees of aphasia,” explained Riverwood Healthcare Center ...

A study led by a speech neuroscientist at The University of Texas at Dallas sheds light on how damage from stroke disrupts the brain mechanisms required for fluent speech. The research, published in ...

In 1983, Howard Blatt was a middle-aged married father working as an electrical engineer at MIT when he collapsed in his kitchen. He'd had a stroke. That health catastrophe left him with a paralyzed ...

DEAR DOCTORS: I suffered a stroke about a year ago and have completed outpatient rehab. I have been having a problem understanding speakers at an event. I hear the sounds but can’t understand all the ...

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 ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It's a disorder many have never heard of, but 2 million Americans are living with aphasia—6,000 of whom live here in Pima County, according to the Tucson area nonprofit Friends ...

Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid-led research reports that intermittent theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) paired with language therapy over six months was associated with ...