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 ...
Aphasia came to the forefront of conversation Wednesday after actor Bruce Willis announced he had the condition, but it’s something Julius Fridriksson has been intimately familiar with for years. As ...
(NewsUSA) – More than 86% of people surveyed in the U.S. have never heard the term “aphasia.” Aphasia is a language disorder that impairs the ability to communicate. People with aphasia may have ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Inside Texas Tech’s Maedgen Theatre, the finishing touches are put on an upcoming show it is part of a two-week camp. It is for people recovering from strokes or living with ...
So apparently my mom had a "minor stroke" earlier this week. I've only been able to have a single ~15 minute conversation with her so far (she lives in another state), but from what I gather she's ...
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 ...
Imagine losing your ability to speak, write or even understand language. This is what people diagnosed with aphasia, a disorder that typically arises after someone experiences a stroke or another type ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research shows that computational modeling can predict how bilingual stroke patients will respond to language treatment – and ...
The role of spirituality in post-stroke aphasia recovery has been ignored despite its potential contribution to positive health outcomes, particularly stroke recovery. The present study examines the ...
When Bruce Willis' family announced on Instagram this week that at age 67 he was retiring from acting because of aphasia, it had many people asking what is aphasia and is it treatable? Aphasia is the ...
Sean Maloney, recovering stroke victim and former executive vice president and chairman of Intel China, will speak on learning to talk again. The luncheon honors HARC founder Blair Justice for his ...
Actors Bruce Willis, left, Emilia Clarke and Sharon Stone have all been diagnosed with aphasia. (VCG via Getty Images, left; Vianney Le Caer / Invision /AP, center; Evan Agostini / Invision /AP, right ...