Imagine seeing a furry, four-legged animal that meows. Mentally, you know what it is, but the word "cat" is stuck on the tip of your tongue. This phenomenon, known as Broca's aphasia or expressive ...

Dr. Suma Devanga (Speech Language Pathologist-Clinical Fellow) has secured WMU's 2018 Support for Faculty Scholars award to conduct research on aphasia treatment. The focus of this research is to ...

Wendy Williams was rushed to hospital yesterday (March 10) after dropping a note pleading for help to the paparazzi ...

our lab is interested in improving aphasia assessment and treatment to be more personalized, cost-effective, and accessible. These projects include: ...

Expand Although there may not be direct benefits to participants, taking part in our research assists clinicians and researchers in better understanding communication difficulties in individuals with ...

This finding opens the door for a possible new treatment for Broca’s Aphasia, a language disorder caused by damage to the frontal lobe which affects a person’s ability to communicate.

The researchers – who publish their findings in the journal Brain today – hope that the treatment will eventually improve the ability of stroke patients with aphasia across the NHS to access intensive ...

He is experiencing what I fear is primary progressive aphasia (PPA ... From my reading, I do not believe there is any treatment other than speech therapy for PPA, and he would not agree to ...

This phenomenon, known as Broca's aphasia or expressive aphasia, is a language disorder that affects a person's ability to speak or write. While the current go-to treatment is speech therapy ...