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Around 7% of dementia cases occur in people under the age of 65.
We’ve all forgotten the word we need mid-sentence, and know the feeling of it being just on the tip of our tongue. But when can this be more serious?
In March 2022, it was announced that Willis had aphasia. The latest diagnosis is sadly worse.
New research shows that post-coma patients who appear to be in a minimally conscious state can still mentally react to language. This finding could help improve their diagnosis and treatment.
Auditory processing disorders and aphasia can make spoken speech difficult to produce and understand. But these challenges alone do not imply cognitive impairments.
Aphasia is loss of language following brain damage. Conversation partners can help them say what they want to say.
Across Canada and the United States, more than two million people are living with aphasia and its language and communication challenges.
Stepping back from acting after a diagnosis of aphasia, Bruce Willis will perhaps be best remembered from Die Hard. Here are some other films where he shone.
The ‘Die Hard’ actor is suffering from a communications disorder that affects 2 million Americans.
Bruce Willis’ family today revealed he has been diagnosed with aphasia. So what actually is aphasia and why haven’t we heard of it before?
Computational modeling can predict language therapy response in bilingual people with aphasia. In the future, this could help clinicians identify the best language for treatment.
Being unable to communicate their thoughts and feelings is one reason almost two-thirds of people with aphasia suffer from depression.
When people lose their speech, they can stop working and friends can drift away. Here’s what we can do to help them get the rehabilitation they need.
There’s a lot we can do to make society more accessible for people with communication disability.
When you read this text, certain regions in your brain begin working more than others. Advanced imaging allows scientists to map the brain networks responsible for understanding language.
People with speech problems following a stroke receive intensive speech therapy – but it doesn’t always help. Here’s why the future looks brighter.
George R. R. Martin’s Hodor is a textbook example of someone with expressive aphasia.
Magnetic stimulation of the brain could help improve language skills of stroke survivors with aphasia, according to research…
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Professor of Stroke Care and Rehabilitation, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University
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Professor and Acting Director, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders; Scientific Director, Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, Western University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Speech Pathology, University of Technology Sydney
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Sydney
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Professor, Neuropsychology, University of Westminster
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Co-directrice du Coma Science Group, Chercheuse qualifiée FNRS, Neuropsychologue, Université de Liège
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Professor and Head of the Epilepsy Neuroinformatics Laboratory, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Professor, Speech Pathology, University of Sydney
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Speech Pathology Research and Clinical Practice Lead, Monash Health; Adjunct research fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Neurorehabilitation, Boston University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Penn State
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Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow, Lecturer, Universitat de Barcelona