Wernicke’s aphasia is a language disorder that makes it hard for you to understand words and communicate. This disorder is caused by damage to the part of your brain that controls language. It leads ...

Aphasia is a communication disorder that makes it hard to use words. It can affect your speech, writing, and ability to understand language. Aphasia results from damage or injury to parts of the brain ...

Anomic aphasia causes problems in naming objects when speaking and writing. But it’s one of the mildest forms of aphasia, and there are treatments that can help. Anomic aphasia is a language disorder ...

Medical: loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) Aphasia, the cruel illness resulting from a stroke ...

Approximately 40 percent of stroke survivors experience aphasia, a language impairment that can affect their speech production and comprehension as well as writing and reading. In half of these cases, ...

Abby Foster receives funding from La Trobe University and the Centre of Research Excellence in Ear & Hearing Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. She is an affiliate of the Centre ...

Aphasia is a language disorder that can affect a person’s use of language. It can impact their ability to speak, to understand, to read and to write, but not necessarily all of these. It often happens ...