Q 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 but can’t understand all the words. Do ...

Dear Doctors: 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 but can't understand all the ...

DEAR DOCTORS: 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 but can’t understand all the ...

Reading this book brought us straight back to the first time we encountered someone with aphasia; it was in a neurological rehabilitation center, the woman was 42, a native speaker of Mandarin. Now ...

Action movie star Bruce Willis's aphasia was a symptom of frontotemporal dementia, but an estimated 30,000 New Zealanders have stroke-acquired aphasia. Photo / Supplied When the actor Bruce Willis was ...

The ability to communicate is easily taken for granted. However, effective communication skills do not necessarily last a lifetime, and many people may develop difficulties with understanding words, ...

After a serious head injury or stroke, while families may think the patient has fully recovered, they often overlook the loss of communication ability — a common but unnoticed effect of brain injuries ...

In a study that challenges the conventional boundary between biological cognition and artificial intelligence, researchers from The University of Tokyo have found that the internal processing patterns ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as chatbots and agents based on large language models (LLMs) are increasingly integrated into daily life. While these models, including ChatGPT and Llama, ...

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 ...