Aphasia’s like being trapped with words on the tip of your tongue, all day, every day, for the rest of your life.” That’s how ...
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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 and dysarthria both occur due to damage in the brain, but while aphasia causes difficulty in expressing and understanding speech, dysarthria causes difficulty controlling muscles necessary for ...
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 ...
Stroke and brain injury manifest in several ways, sometimes obviously – in difficulty enunciating words or retrieving them in conversation – sometimes subtly. My mother’s stroke left her with pure ...
June is Aphasia Awareness Month. When I read the news about actor Bruce Willis’ diagnosis, a word I hadn’t seen in years leapt off the screen: aphasia, a loss of ability to understand words or ...
Aphasia is a disorder that affects the way you speak and write. It also affects how you understand written and spoken words. There are different types of aphasia, all caused by damage to the brain.
Action-movie star Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting after being diagnosed with the brain disorder called aphasia, his family said Wednesday. The condition affects about 2 million Americans, ...
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA)– It’s a brain disorder– more common than Parkinson’s disease or cerebral palsy, yet many had never heard of it until A-list celebrity, Bruce Willis was diagnosed. As part of ...
Twitter condemned Hollywood for exploiting the Bruce Willis' health condition. Find out which award show rescinded an award ...
For more than a decade of sometimes joyous, often difficult summers beginning in 1992, I traveled the U.S. alongside a famous entertainer who had aphasia. Many people aren’t familiar with the ...