How stroke influences speech comprehension
Following a stroke, some people experience a language disorder that hinders their ability to process speech sounds. How do their brains change from stroke?
Dec 29, 2025
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Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Speech Disorders
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How the brain dynamically reconfigures networks during speech processing
How does the brain manage to catch the drift of a mumbled sentence or a flat, robotic voice? A new study led by researchers at Reichman University's Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology and the Dina Recanati School of Medicine ...
Dec 16, 2025
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Many older Americans don't see themselves as disabled, survey finds
Americans may be getting older and need help doing things that were once routine, but a new survey finds only a fraction of seniors see themselves as having a disability.
Dec 12, 2025
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Singing mice speak volumes: Brain mechanisms behind song production explored in new research
All mice squeak, but only some sing. Scotinomys teguina, aka Alston's singing mice, hail from the cloud forests of Costa Rica. More than 2,000 miles north, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) neuroscientists study these ...
Dec 1, 2025
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Patients go without needed treatment after the government shutdown disrupts a telehealth program
Bill Swick has a rare degenerative brain disease that inhibits his mobility and speech. Instead of the hassle of traveling an hour to a clinic in downtown Chicago to visit a speech therapist, he has benefited from virtual ...
Oct 30, 2025
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Scanning the tongue to detect and track motor neuron disease
Standard MRI scans of a person's tongue could assist in the early detection and ongoing monitoring of motor neuron disease.
Oct 23, 2025
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Why some autistic people don't speak
Around a third of autistic people—children and adults alike—are unable to share what they want using speech.
Oct 15, 2025
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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 ...
Oct 9, 2025
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Genetic and behavioral links found between musical rhythm perception and developmental language disorders
In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery leveraged two main studies—one focused on behavior and one focused on ...
Oct 2, 2025
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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.
Sep 17, 2025
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