Bruce Willis’ family wrote on Instagram that the actor will be retiring due to health issues, including most recently a diagnosis of aphasia. Aphasia is a disorder that can affect a person’s ability ...

Q: Why do people who have a stroke lose the ability to talk? All of a sudden my grandmother started mixing up her words, and that's how we knew something serious was going on. What happens to you when ...

University of Iowa speech pathologists who work with patients that have the neurogenic disorder aphasia — a condition that impairs a person’s ability to understand and express language — aim to ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) -A local expert is sharing her insights into aphasia after Hollywood actor Bruce Willis announced his diagnosis with the condition. ECU speech language pathologist Sherri ...

Medical: loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) Aphasia, the cruel illness resulting from a stroke ...

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 ...

Fabi Hirsch Kruse had just started her private practice when she was asked to help one of her field’s most famous patients. Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords had been shot during a 2011 ...

Throughout the 2012-13 academic year, the Aphasia Communication Enhancement Program has continued to provide individual and group speech, language, and cognitive therapy services to persons with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers analyzed 58 individuals with aphasia given transcranial direct current stimulation or sham treatment ...

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 ...