DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. (KTIV) - It’s a communication disorder that impairs a person’s ability to process language, speak, read, write or simply comprehend what people are saying. It’s called Aphasia and ...

Most people know what it's like to try to grasp for the right word but draw a blank. For people with brain injury from stroke or other causes, it can happen all the time with almost every word. It's a ...

AITKIN — Aphasia affects each person differently — but one point is clear: it’s a loss of language, not intelligence. “There are varying degrees of aphasia,” explained Riverwood Healthcare Center ...

Van Zant, who had a career as an engineer before retiring, points out statistics and information on brochures and flyers spread out on his kitchen table about the Aphasia Communication Group, a ...

Medical: loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) Aphasia, the cruel illness resulting from a stroke ...

More people with aphasia will have access to quality treatment, particularly those in rural and regional areas, thanks to the expansion of a University of Queensland developed therapy program. Aphasia ...

Dear Doctors: I suffered a stroke about a year ago and have completed outpatient rehab. I have been having a problem understanding speakers at an event. I hear the sounds but can't understand all the ...

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, ...

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 1983, Howard Blatt was a middle-aged married father working as an electrical engineer at MIT when he collapsed in his kitchen. He'd had a stroke. That health catastrophe left him with a paralyzed ...