Researchers assessed volunteers’ brain activity while they listened to stories, showing that strokes disrupt how the brain ...

June marks Aphasia Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about aphasia, a language disorder that affects communication abilities following brain damage, often due to stroke. Aphasia ...

Aphasia, which literally means “absence of speech”, is the loss of the ability to speak or understand spoken or written ...

Aphasia is a condition characterized by the sudden loss of the ability to communicate. It typically occurs suddenly after a brain injury, most commonly after a stroke, but can also happen gradually as ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom had a stroke recently and is really struggling with her speech. She’s in speech therapy, but could you please tell me more about this side effect of a stroke? ANSWER: Aphasia ...

JUDY CRANE KNOWS SHE’S A WALKING MIRACLE. WHEN YOU GET GO THROUGH AN AORTIC DISSECTION AS WELL AS A STROKE AND YOU’RE STILL HERE, YOU KIND OF GO, YOU KNOW, THERE MUST BE A REASON WHY AFTER HER STROKE ...

A new study comparing stroke survivors with healthy adults reveals that post-stroke language disorders stem not from slower ...

MORE than half of adults have never heard of aphasia – despite it affecting more than a third of stroke survivors. It is a language and communication disorder which has a profound effect on someone’s ...

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Legendary actor Bruce Willis announced Wednesday his departure from the big screen following his diagnosis with aphasia, which is "impacting his cognitive abilities," his family said in a statement.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom had a stroke recently and is really struggling with her speech. She's in speech therapy, but could you please tell me more about this side effect of a stroke? ANSWER: Aphasia ...