Stroke patients who struggle to communicate may regain their abilities by singing in a choir, a new study suggests. Music therapy is not a new concept, but the use of singing – particularly choral singing – as a part of aphasia rehabilitation has not ...

Combining neck surgery with intensive speech therapy is associated with greater improvements in a person's ability to communicate after a stroke than intensive speech therapy alone, finds a clinical trial published by The BMJ. The results show improvements ...

Ray Hart’s vocabulary consisted of just one word after his August 2022 stroke. “Yep” was all he could say, said Pamela Jenkins, his caregiver and partner of 24 years. Like many survivors, Hart, 62, can understand what’s said to him almost as well ...

Combining neck surgery with intensive speech therapy is associated with greater improvements in a person's ability to communicate after a stroke than intensive speech therapy alone, finds a clinical trial published by The BMJ today. The results show ...

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 pathologist Joanie Wells with Ascension St. John Medical ...

Through an intense two-week program, students within the UWEC Speech and Language Clinic are helping community members find their words. As part of the Aphasia Project (ECAP),

(MInneapolis) March 18, 2004 - Handcrafting violins is no longer just a hobby for Norm Friederichs. It has become therapy, "It helps me." Norm had a stroke two-and-a-half years ago. Now, in addition to working on motor skills, the former English teacher ...