Receptive aphasia can have a profound effect on quality of life, but with skilled therapy and steady support, many people make meaningful progress.
From stroke and brain injury, to cognitive impairment and neurological diseases, various conditions can have a profound impact on communication, speech and swallowing. But speech language pathology – ...
Stroke is one of the leading causes of serious and complex adult disability; anyone reading this could be the next stroke ...
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 ...
Lucy Mulloor woke up one morning and realized something was terribly wrong. The 45-year-old single-mom could hear her two daughters in the kitchen but couldn't call out to them. She'd lost the ability ...
For individuals recovering from neurological conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), multiple sclerosis, ...
Psychological therapy was associated with significantly reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety among patients with a history of stroke, with greater benefits in those who initiated talk therapy ...
A randomized controlled trial involving 12 weekly choir sessions for participants who have developed aphasia from strokes, ...