As language is intricately tied to our identity and social connections, understanding aphasia is essential for fostering empathy and support for those affected. To learn more about aphasia and how it ...

Conduction aphasia is a type of language disorder. It occurs due to damage in an area of the brain involved in language processing. Someone with the disorder may have difficulty repeating words or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aphasia patients struggle with encoding or retrieval of verb tenses, and the difficulty depends on their language structure Greek and Italian speakers face encoding challenges, while Russian and ...

Rob Sizer, sitting with his wife Ann, was diagnosed with aphasia after a fall three years ago Families impacted by the condition aphasia are calling on the NHS to invest more money in speech and ...

Bruce Willis, the 67-year-old actor and star of classic action movies like Die Hard, is halting his acting career after being diagnosed with the language disorder aphasia. On March 30, his daughter ...