Many people refer to a stroke as the brain’s equivalent of a heart attack. A stroke occurs when there’s an interruption or ...

After suffering a stroke that affected his speech, Rich McMahon began practicing his Dunkin’ order as part of therapy ...

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 ...

Parchure, an Indian American doctoral student at Pennsylvania university, pilots an AI tool for personalizing speech therapy.

Ray Hart, a 62-year-old stroke survivor, works on singing songs to help recall words and language during a music therapy session at Sentara Fort Norfolk Plaza in Norfolk on May 16, 2024. Kendall ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

In many skilled nursing facilities, speech-language pathologists are brought in to address individual issues. But an alternative framing is more powerful.

(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 ...