Jun. 10—June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, and more than 2.5 million Americans — including actor Bruce Willis and country music star Randy Travis — suffer from the communication impairment.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Communication classes at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology aid the ...

Many people refer to a stroke as the brain’s equivalent of a heart attack. A stroke occurs when there’s an interruption or ...

Approximately 40 percent of stroke survivors experience aphasia, a language impairment that can affect their speech production and comprehension as well as writing and reading. In half of these cases, ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Aphasia is a loss of language abilities that makes it hard for one to speak. It can be caused by a brain injury from a car accident, concussion, stroke, or even brain cancer.

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

June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, and more than 2.5 million Americans – including actor Bruce Willis and country music star Randy Travis – suffer from the communication impairment. Aphasia ...