In Anaheim, California, there is a small speech therapy practice called Instrumental SLP. It’s different from any other small speech therapy private practice because of two big differences. The first ...

Aphasia, a language disorder often resulting from stroke or brain injury, profoundly impacts communication and quality of life. Recent advances in rehabilitation and language therapy have broadened ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the days after Bruce Willis’ family announced that the star was leaving acting, Google searches for his medical condition skyrocketed. Willis has aphasia, a relatively common but generally unknown ...

Expressive aphasia can happen after brain damage and may affect your ability to speak or write. A few signs include using short phrases and substituting words with similar sounds or meanings.

At the age of 16, Molly Ogden had a stroke. She had fallen during a weekend powder-puff football game and on Monday morning was showing the classic symptoms, including total weakness on the right side ...

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 ...

They perform 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' in second CU Boulder production, and speech therapist notes that doing this in front of an audience ‘just blows me away’ The other four children who ...

Dionna Zupparo always loved competition, until at age 14, tragedy struck. "In swimming sectionals, actually, got out and... massive stroke," Zupparo recalled. The stroke impaired her movement and left ...