Scott Buksa shares how he regained his ability to communicate after a stroke. Go to beyondastroke.org for more information.

In the series so far, we have organized information regarding as the primary goal. Of course, that is also important. However, in reality, it is not just that. Aphasia support can also be described as ...

Aphasia is a communication disorder that makes it hard to use words. It can affect your speech, writing, and ability to understand language. Aphasia results from damage or injury to parts of the brain ...

The physiopathology of symptoms and signs in multiple sclerosis (MS) is a less divulged topic albeit its importance in the patients' management. OBJECTIVE: It was to summarize the main biophysical and ...

Background Acquired apraxia of speech is often a comorbidity that accompanies aphasia. In some cases, it may be difficult to distinguish whether speech errors are phonological (resulting from aphasia) ...

Aphasia occurs when a brain disorder affects a person’s language abilities, such as speaking, reading, and writing. The type of aphasia a person has depends on where damage occurs in the brain.

Smita Patel, DO, is triple board-certified in neurology, sleep medicine, and integrative medicine. Broca's aphasia makes it hard to speak but it doesn't affect understanding. Wernicke's aphasia causes ...

This post is Part 2 of a series. Read Part 1 here. Although speech and language ability is relatively new in our evolutionary history—our ape cousins can’t speak—it may be built on a foundation that ...

Most linguistic datasets focus on written text, but what about the way we actually speak? TalkBank, the world’s largest open-access repository of spoken language, is helping researchers understand ...

Functional connectivity (FC) refers to the activation correlation between different brain regions. FC networks as typically represented as graphs with brain regions of interest (ROIs) as nodes and ...