Many people refer to a stroke as the brain’s equivalent of a heart attack. A stroke occurs when there’s an interruption or ...
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. iTalkBetter, developed by the ...
Neurological diseases, including stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Parkinson’s disease, often cause dysarthria, which is a debilitating motor-speech disorder that disrupts neuromuscular ...
This university-based program, open to people with aphasia in Hammond and surrounding Louisiana communities, helps stroke ...
Lucy Mulloor woke up one morning and realized something was terribly wrong. The 45-year-old single-mom could hear her two daughters in the kitchen but couldn't call out to them. She'd lost the ability ...
As Stroke Awareness Month continues, a Tulsa speech therapist is shedding light on the recovery process and the critical role speech-language pathologists play in post-stroke care. Speech-language ...
HOUSTON — Jeremy Elbert suffered a stroke the first week of August. After he collapsed at a martial arts class with friends, he was rushed to the hospital where he received treatment within an hour.
Medical speech-language pathology (SLP) is experiencing a surge in demand across hospitals, home health agencies, and post-acute facilities. The population is aging, and the number of individuals ...
Many people might think that speech therapy is exclusively reserved for young kids who are struggling with lisps, stutters and speech delays. But speech therapy can be helpful at any stage of ...