C7 neurotomy added to standard speech therapy enhances language recovery in patients with chronic post-stroke aphasia, a randomized trial suggests.

Common causes include stroke, brain injuries, tumors, and infections, typically affecting the left side of the brain. Depending on the area of damage, aphasia can manifest as Wernicke's or Broca's ...

Combining neck surgery with intensive speech therapy is associated with greater improvements in a person's ability to ...

A stroke that damages an extensive portion of the front and back regions of the brain’s left hemisphere may result in global aphasia. People with global aphasia may have difficulty forming and ...

With a stroke, aphasia may improve with proper therapy. ... usually the left hemisphere of your brain is dominant. But in this case, ... Not being able to speak normally is a side effect of the ...

Wernicke’s aphasia is the most common type of fluent aphasia.It occurs when the left middle side of the brain becomes damaged or altered. This part of the brain is known as Wernicke’s area ...

Combining neck surgery with intensive speech therapy is associated with greater improvements in a person's ability to ...

Research has found stroke and aphasia damage the left side of the brain. “We want to use the healthy right side of the brain as a mediator, if you will, to help the left side of the brain in recovery ...

You might have trouble understanding what people are telling you, but that does not mean it affects your intelligence.” ...

Often it is caused by damage to the left side of the brain - which can occur after a stroke. During this incident the patient’s aphasia was noticed by his daughter.

A stroke and its damage to the primary language centers in the left hemisphere of the brain are the most common cause of aphasia. Aphasia can also develop due to a brain tumor, infection or ...