Global aphasia is a condition in which all four of the main language modalities — speaking, understanding, reading and writing — are severely impaired, leaving a person unable to communicate ...

Aphasia affects a person’s ability to find the words they want to say — an ability many of us take for granted. “People with mild aphasia may have to work at putting words together, and that can be ...

About 200,000 people in the U.S. develop aphasia every year, according to NIH. The family of Bruce Willis shocked his fans Wednesday when they announced the actor is "stepping away" from his ...

Expressive aphasia can happen after brain damage and may affect your ability to speak or write. A few signs include using short phrases and substituting words with similar sounds or meanings.

Aphasia can be "massively frustrating," Amorapanth says, particularly for people with non-fluent aphasia, who are able to understand what people are saying but unable to form a response.

Global aphasia: This is the most severe form of the condition. Patients with global aphasia can produce "few recognizable words," are able to understand little to no spoken language, and cannot ...

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.

Bruce Willis, the 67-year-old star of numerous classic blockbusters from "Die Hard" and "Armageddon" to "The Sixth Sense," announced on Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with aphasia and will ...

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 ...

Gabby Giffords represented Arizona’s 8th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2012. With the recent news that Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia, many people are ...

Adler Aphasia Center, a non-profit organization based in Maywood and West Orange, is an innovative post-rehabilitative therapeutic program that addresses the long-term needs of people with aphasia ...

Actor Bruce Willis is taking a break from acting and his family announced on social media Wednesday that the 67-year-old has been diagnosed with aphasia.