Aphasia, a language disorder affecting speech and comprehension, can result from brain damage due to stroke or other conditions. Individuals with aphasia use various tools like AAC devices, pictorial ...

Lollipop Star is a lollipop that plays music via bone conduction. Pick from three flavors featuring Akon, Ice Spice, and Armani White. You can buy a Lollipop Star now for $8.99. "Experience music you ...

Conduction aphasia is a type of language disorder. It occurs due to damage in an area of the brain involved in language processing. Someone with the disorder may have difficulty repeating words or ...

Introduction: Persons with aphasia (PWA) experience changes to feedback and feedforward speech motor control, though the impact on these subsystems has not yet been explored using different ...

This post is Part 2 of a series. Read Part 1 here. Although speech and language ability is relatively new in our evolutionary history—our ape cousins can’t speak—it may be built on a foundation that ...

Aphasia is an acquired language disorder that causes the person affected to have difficulty expressing themselves or understanding what others are saying to them. It can be partial or total. However, ...

Patients with atrioventricular (AV) block who don’t have an indication for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do better when treated with conduction-system pacing versus right ventricular septal ...

I’ve been wearing Shokz headphones for the better part of a decade now, and I’m seeing them a lot more on people out and about. Bone conduction, which vibrates the bones in your head to let you listen ...

Repetition deficits in brain-injured individuals may reflect disruptions of auditory verbal short-term memory (AVSTM) (Shallice & Warrington, 1977). Disruptions of AVSTM are apparent when patients ...

The Bassett Healthcare Network Speech Department announced it will launch a monthly community support group for anyone navigating the challenges aphasia—whether they be living with aphasia themselves ...

June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, and Christus Health is committed to raising awareness and supporting patients and families affected by this acquired language disorder. Aphasia is caused by ...

Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage to the brain's language centers. It affects communication skills, including speech, comprehension, reading, and writing. Symptoms vary widely, from ...