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 ...

Eight people sit around a table in room 257 at Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences for their weekly meeting — they’ve come to play the board game Clue. Before the ...

Aphasia, most commonly caused by having a stroke, is a language disorder that impacts a person’s ability to understand and express language. The Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences (CDS ...

Friends of Aphasia, the Tucson non-profit co-founded by former Southern Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, is expanding its reach across the community by using music as therapy.

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 ...

Communication classes at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology aid the progress of participants with communication disorders in a ...

After having life-changing strokes, Kate Kennedy and Allen Oliver found themselves diagnosed with aphasia, a disorder marked by a patient’s inability to communicate clearly. They had to relearn how to ...

The M.D. Steer Speech, Language, and Swallowing Clinic offers many programs, including an adult language program for clients with language difficulties following stroke or other brain injuries. The ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Longtime Hollywood actor Bruce Willis’s public diagnosis with aphasia is bringing awareness to the communication disorder. A ...

This online group meets throughout the year and is a great way for people with aphasia to socialize and connect with others. The group is currently led by Michelle Gutmann, PhD, CCC-SLP, and SLHS ...