Receptive aphasia can have a profound effect on quality of life, but with skilled therapy and steady support, many people make meaningful progress.

Stroke patients who struggle to communicate may regain their abilities by singing in a choir, a new study suggests. Music therapy is not a new concept, but the use of singing – particularly choral ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom had a stroke recently and is really struggling with her speech. She’s in speech therapy, but could you please tell me more about this side effect of a stroke? ANSWER: Aphasia ...

Singing-based group rehabilitation can support communication and speech production in stroke survivors who have difficulty comprehending or producing language (aphasia). Caregivers also benefited from ...

In an article in Brain, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and elsewhere report which brain regions must be intact in stroke survivors with aphasia if they are to perform ...

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 ...

Anomic aphasia involves difficulty finding the right word when speaking or writing. Learn more about its causes, diagnosis, and treatment options here.

Q: Why do people who have a stroke lose the ability to talk? All of a sudden my grandmother started mixing up her words, and that’s how we knew something serious was going on. What happens to you when ...

Sarah Northcott receives funding from The Stroke Association. This research was funded by the Jack and Averil (Mansfield) Bradley Fellowship Award for Stroke Research. Aphasia can be a difficult and ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom had a stroke recently and is really struggling with her speech. She's in speech therapy, but could you please tell me more about this side effect of a stroke? ANSWER: Aphasia ...