Ellyn Riley, Ph.D., is principal investigator in the Aphasia Research Lab at Syracuse University. Can you define “aphasia”? Sixty percent of people cannot, according to a 2022 Aphasia Awareness Survey ...

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 ...

Compared with standard intensive speech and language therapy (iSLT) alone, right-sided cervical C7 neurotomy combined with iSLT significantly improved language function in patients with chronic ...

This is stroke awareness month. One possible long-term complication of stroke is aphasia. The disorder gained awareness when Bruce Willis was diagnosed. Aphasia is a language disorder that occurs when ...

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 ...

Researchers in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) are testing a cutting-edge method of electrical brain stimulation to help stroke patients suffering from a language disorder ...

For many telemedicine offerings, part of the problem that the technology helps solve is distance by connecting providers and patients even if they are miles apart. Telestroke diagnostic consultation ...

The Cognitive Recovery Lab at the Georgetown University Medical Center presented their new findings — at the Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia in Japan Oct. 20 — that depression in patients with ...

Baycrest scientists are pioneering the use of individualized brain stimulation therapy to treat aphasia in recovering stroke patients. Aphasia is a debilitating language disorder that impacts all ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...