Aphasia is a debilitating speech and language disorder that stems from brain damage. It's as common as some other neurological conditions -- such as Parkinson's disease-- but aphasia isn't nearly as ...

Actor Bruce Willis, 67, is “stepping away” from his career in film and TV after being diagnosed with aphasia, his family announced on March 30, 2022. In a message posted on Instagram, his daughter, ...

Expressive aphasia can happen after brain damage and may affect your ability to speak or write. A few signs include using short phrases and substituting words with similar sounds or meanings.

In March 2022, actor Bruce Willis’ family announced that he was retiring from acting after an aphasia diagnosis. This announcement drew national attention to aphasia and its impact on people’s quality ...

Anomic aphasia is a language disorder that involves difficulty finding or recalling the word a person wants to use. A person’s language comprehension, grammar, and fluency tend to remain intact.

Aphasia affects the speech, language processing and reading skills of about 2 million people in the United States, according to the American Stroke Association. The communication disorder occurs most ...

LITTLE ROCK -- Greg Loyd is gregarious, seems to always be smiling and loves to talk. Sitting recently with a group at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences speech and language clinic in ...

Mertro Robinson, Mike Janis, and Kerensa Boates have been living with and thriving despite a largely invisible impairment for years. Robinson of New Castle, Delaware, was a senior human resources ...

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 ...

When strokes or other injuries damage the left hemisphere of their brain, many people have difficulty putting their thoughts and ideas into words. But they can still sing. Karen McFeeters Leary saw it ...

Difficulty finding words or the habit of substituting them with others that are similar semantically – such as knife and cutter – or phonologically – such as knife and wife – are usually the first ...