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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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Penn State
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Professor, Neuropsychology, University of Westminster
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Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Stroke Care and Rehabilitation, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Speech Pathology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor and Head of the Epilepsy Neuroinformatics Laboratory, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Allied Health Research Advisor, Monash Health; Adjunct senior lecturer, La Trobe University; Adjunct research fellow, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Monash University
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Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
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Associate lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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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, Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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Professor, Speech Pathology, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy, City, University of London
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Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow, Universitat de Barcelona
