Explore how speech therapy assists those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in overcoming communication challenges. Learn ...

People who have aphasia can have trouble with things like speaking, reading, or listening. Research estimates about 1 million people in the United States are living with aphasia. There are two ...

Aphasia is a language disorder. It affects how you speak and understand language. People with aphasia might have trouble putting the right words together in a sentence, understanding what others say, ...

Mertro Robinson, Mike Janis, and Kerensa Boates have been living with and thriving despite a largely invisible impairment for years. Robinson of New Castle, Delaware, was a senior human resources ...

Speech pathologist Heather Parzynski provided one-on-one therapy. "I saw somebody who had mild aphasia and could get by in simple conversation, but there were problems," says Parzynski. "We worked ...

Communication classes at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology aid ...

Aphasia and dysarthria both occur due to damage in the brain, but while aphasia causes difficulty in expressing and understanding speech, dysarthria causes difficulty controlling muscles necessary for ...

Language therapy may help a person recover from aphasia. Some people may have a partial recovery, while others may recover fully. The time it takes to recover from aphasia can vary for each person.

Strokes can be physically and socially debilitating. One local group is helping stroke survivors regain their lives. Lee Newsome and Daniel Vick have a lot in common. They both like golf and they have ...

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 an article in Brain, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and elsewhere report which brain regions must be intact in stroke survivors with aphasia if they are to perform ...