Professional beatboxers show greater activity in multiple areas of the brain when they listen to beatboxing clips. Expert guitarists also experience similar selective sensorimotor activity when they ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Aphasia, a language disorder commonly diagnosed in stroke patients, may not be solely a language issue as traditionally believed, according to a Penn State study. The study adds to a growing body of ...

Northwestern researchers have made notable scientific advancements in the past week. The Daily compiled a recap of their latest findings. NU scientists identified additional areas of the brain ...

Compared with standard intensive speech and language therapy (iSLT) alone, right-sided cervical C7 neurotomy combined with iSLT significantly improved language function in patients with chronic ...

Glasgow stroke survivor Eileen Smith and CHSS call for greater aphasia awareness after Scottish Parliament debate highlights ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- They come from all walks of life – firefighter, author, nurse, bus driver and homemaker – but share the challenges of living with aphasia, a language disorder that affects the ...