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 ...

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.

Singing-based group rehabilitation can support communication and speech production in stroke survivors who have difficulty comprehending or producing language (aphasia). Caregivers also benefited from ...

Language function and the psychosocial wellbeing of patients and their families can be promoted with singing-based rehabilitation. Group intervention provides opportunities for peer support while ...

From stroke and brain injury, to cognitive impairment and neurological diseases, various conditions can have a profound impact on communication, speech and swallowing. But speech language pathology – ...

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 ...

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 ...

For individuals recovering from neurological conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), multiple sclerosis, ...

Surviving a stroke is only the beginning. Many people face years of hidden disabilities, limited rehabilitation and financial ...

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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 ...

Many patients don’t receive much rehabilitation therapy following a stroke, despite strong evidence that higher amounts can reduce long-term disability, according to a new UCLA-led study that tracked ...