Researchers tested the use of transcranial direct current stimulation in stroke patients with aphasia. Their results pave the way for the creation of a large clinical trial to test the new treatment ...
There are more people living with Aphasia than we thought: How to change policies, procedures & care
After Gordon Wells’ stroke, his world changed completely. Not only was he paralyzed on his right side, he was no longer able to talk, read or write. His daughter, Sarah and her husband, reeled with ...
Singing may be a potential tool to promote communicative and psychosocial outcomes among patients with post-stroke aphasia, researchers reported in Brain Communications. Singing may be a potential ...
September 22, 2010 (San Francisco, California) — A pilot study of a novel treatment for poststroke aphasia suggests repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) may help prevent activation of ...
Aphasia is a condition that can affect a person's ability to communicate. To better understand the condition, the Mayo Clinic News Network reached out to Dr. Hugo Botha, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic, ...
Living with aphasia has been compared to living in a country where you don’t speak the language. Gestures, sign language or other forms of communication may not be much help. And the people who want ...
MAYWOOD, New Jersey (WABC) -- A medical center in New Jersey is dedicated to treating solely aphasia patients, a condition highlighted after Bruce Willis announcement that he would be stepping away ...
Sometimes in research, a smaller finding can open the door to big possibilities. Neuroscientists at the University of South Carolina (USC) and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have ...
Cheryl Adamson cannot say more than “yes” or “no.” But she has a story to tell — and her own way to communicate. “I have been on a long journey, and I am still traveling down that road,” writes ...
Although aphasia has been in the news lately, few people have more than a cursory understanding of the condition and how it affects the lives of the more than 2 million people in the U.S. who live ...
Ellyn Riley, Ph.D., is principal investigator in the Aphasia Research Lab at Syracuse University. Can you define “aphasia”? Sixty percent of people cannot, according to a 2022 Aphasia Awareness Survey ...
Bruce Willis will retire from acting after being diagnosed with the condition. Here’s what we know about it. By Dani Blum Bruce Willis, the film star known for his roles in “Die Hard” and “Pulp ...
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