Q I suffered a stroke about a year ago and have completed outpatient rehab. I have been having a problem understanding ...
Imagine that you’re trying to talk, but you can’t get the words out — and then, if you finally do, no one understands what you’re saying. And you don’t understand what others are saying to you. That’s ...
The announcement that former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with aphasia has put the neurological condition — the same one actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with in 2022 — back in the ...
Aphasia, most commonly caused by having a stroke, is a language disorder that impacts a person’s ability to understand and express language. The Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences (CDS ...
There are at least two million people in America who have thoughts and ideas they can't put into words. People who have had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty ...
I first saw "aphasia" in action while watching a Season 3 episode of my favorite show, "Grey's Anatomy." A man came out of surgery and neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) asked him to ...
In the days after Bruce Willis’ family announced that the star was leaving acting, Google searches for his medical condition skyrocketed. Willis has aphasia, a relatively common but generally unknown ...
Wendy William's care team announced Thursday that the talk show host was diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, adding to the list of celebrities who suffer from the aphasia. The ...
I suffered a stroke about a year ago and have completed outpatient rehab. I have been having a problem understanding speakers at an event. I hear the sounds ...