A UCL-developed app that provides speech therapy for people with the language disorder aphasia has been found to significantly improve their ability to talk.
Feb 21, 2024
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People with aphasia have more trouble coming up with words they want to use when they're prompted by images and words that carry negative emotional meaning, new research suggests.
Feb 8, 2024
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Acupuncture may improve language function in patients with poststroke motor aphasia, according to a study published online Jan. 22 in JAMA Network Open.
Jan 29, 2024
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A new paper in Innovation in Aging shows that a great deal of media coverage of the actor Bruce Willis' condition, frontotemporal degeneration, was inaccurate, revealing the public's limited knowledge of the disease.
Dec 1, 2023
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We've all experienced that moment mid-sentence when we just can't find the word we want to use, even though we're certain we know it.
Sep 26, 2023
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Individuals with a language disorder called non-fluent aphasia—which may result from a stroke, head injury, or neurodegeneration find it difficult to speak in complex sentences, and they have various word-level abnormalities, ...
Aug 22, 2023
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The neural network related to speech is mostly located in the left cerebral hemisphere, while singing has been primarily associated with the structures of both hemispheres. However, a new study indicates that the left hemisphere ...
Aug 10, 2023
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Feathers, fins or fur, all pets can make us feel happier. Now, new research from the University of South Australia shows that pet ownership and pet care can also support communication and well-being, especially for people ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, people develop FTD symptoms ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Approximately 40% of stroke survivors experience aphasia, a difficulty with comprehending or producing spoken or written language caused by a cerebrovascular accident. In half of these cases the language impairment still ...
Dec 29, 2022
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