Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Speech Disorders

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Brain 'pacemaker' helps alleviate stuttering in patient case

While stuttering was believed to have purely psychological causes up until about 30 years ago, scientists today attribute it to a variety of factors capable of contributing to its development. For instance, several genes ...

Listening to a story could help diagnose language disorders

A University of Houston researcher found that recording brain activity while a person listens to a story may help diagnose primary progressive aphasia, a rare neurodegenerative syndrome that impairs language skills.

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