People who have aphasia can have trouble with things like speaking, reading, or listening. Research estimates about 1 million people in the United States are living with aphasia. There are two ...

Bruce Willis’ family shared last week that he was one of the millions of people diagnosed each year with aphasia, an impairment that alters a person’s ability to speak or read Julie Mazziotta is the ...

HOUSTON — The announcement that Hollywood icon Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting due to being diagnosed with aphasia has shed light on the medical condition. According to the Mayo Clinic, ...

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 be ...

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 ...

Bruce Willis' decision to end his acting career of more than four decades after a recent aphasia diagnosis has put a spotlight on the somewhat rare disorder. Aphasia describes a neurological condition ...

Ellyn Riley, Ph.D., is principal investigator in the Aphasia Research Lab at Syracuse University. Can you define “aphasia”? Sixty percent of people cannot, according to a 2022 Aphasia Awareness Survey ...

Share on Pinterest The family of Bruce Willis announced that the actor was diagnosed with aphasia, a condition that can affect speech and cognition. Dave J Hogan/Getty Images The family of Bruce ...

The family of Bruce Willis announced this week that the 67-year-old actor would be stepping away from his Hollywood career after being diagnosed with aphasia. Willis' wife, Emma, along with his ...

THE subject of aphasia has always been, and still is, not only of the greatest interest, but also of the greatest difficulty. Its interest is, of course, largely due to the fact that a study of ...

Aphasia, most commonly caused by having a stroke, is a language disorder that impacts a person’s ability to understand and express language. The Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences (CDS ...

I first saw "aphasia" in action while watching a Season 3 episode of my favorite show, "Grey's Anatomy." A man came out of surgery and neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) asked him to ...