SUNY Cortland has started an Aphasia Support Group for brain injury survivors who have aphasia as well as their family members, friends and professionals who work with these individuals. Aphasia is ...

The University of Delaware College of Health Sciences’ communication sciences and disorders graduate program and STAR Health have created the Blue Hen Brew Crew, a coffee house-style support group for ...

In 1983, Howard Blatt was a middle-aged married father working as an electrical engineer at MIT when he collapsed in his kitchen. He'd had a stroke. That health catastrophe left him with a paralyzed ...

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 ...

The doctor initially examines the patient to find out the cause of aphasia. A speech therapist may speak to the patient and may ask several questions that help diagnose the type of aphasia. A CT scan, ...

AITKIN — Aphasia affects each person differently — but one point is clear: it’s a loss of language, not intelligence. “There are varying degrees of aphasia,” explained Riverwood Healthcare Center ...

If you know somebody who's had a stroke and now has trouble speaking or reading or writing, they probably have aphasia. That's a brain disorder that robs people of their ability to communicate. Howard ...

The National Aphasia Association has issued a statement critical of Diane Sawyer's Nov. 14 television special about U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly. The New York-based ...

Aphasia New Zealand wants more people to be aware of the speech disorder which it says affects around 30,000 people across ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting after he was diagnosed with a language disorder called aphasia. Willis' diagnosis is raising awareness about research and resources in the ...