June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, raising awareness of a disorder that affects a person's ability to speak, write, ...

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, ...

The local sea shanty group entertained members with a selection of traditional shanties and songs of the sea, encouraging everyone to join in.

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 ...

More than two million Americans live with aphasia, yet only 12% receive the correct diagnosis from the first provider they ...

Bruce Willis’ family shared last week that he was one of the millions of people diagnosed each year with aphasia, an impairment that alters a person’s ability to speak or read Julie Mazziotta is the ...

Editor's note: Actor Bruce Willis, 67, is "stepping away" from his career in film and TV after being diagnosed with aphasia, his family announced on March 30, 2022. In a message posted on Instagram, ...

Anomic aphasia is a language disorder that involves difficulty finding or recalling the word a person wants to use. A person’s language comprehension, grammar, and fluency tend to remain intact.

Aphasia affects speaking, understanding, reading, or writing. It often happens after left-side brain damage. Agnosia makes it hard to recognize objects, sounds, or people using one or more senses. It ...

Aphasia is a communication disorder that affects someone’s ability to speak or understand speech. It also impacts how they understand written words and their ability to read and to write. It is ...