The team of former talk show host Wendy Williams recently announced that she has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. As for Williams, her eponymous talk show ...

Boston University’s Center for Brain Research, which received a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, is ...

Imagine seeing a furry, four-legged animal that meows. Mentally, you know what it is, but the word "cat" is stuck on the tip of your tongue. This phenomenon, known as Broca's aphasia or expressive ...

A new study has found that a novel discourse treatment improved the communication abilities of people with aphasia, a language disorder commonly resulting from stroke. Aphasia is a condition that ...

Aphasia, a language disorder arising from cerebral injury, has spurred the development of diverse treatment protocols targeting impaired word retrieval. Current interventions integrate ...

Imagine gradually losing the ability to express yourself—not because you've forgotten the words, but because they simply won't come out. This is the reality for individuals living with primary ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - University of Arizona scientists have developed a promising new treatment for aphasia, a neurological language disorder. The innovative approach combines speech therapy with ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom had a stroke recently and is really struggling with her speech. She's in speech therapy, but could you please tell me more about this side effect of a stroke? ANSWER: Aphasia ...