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Using one language to relearn another: Aphasia and bilingualism
In the era of globalization, bilingualism is becoming more and more frequent, and it is considered a plus. However, can this skill turn into a disadvantage, when someone acquires aphasia? More precisely, if a bilingual person suffers brain damage (i.e. stroke, head trauma, dementia) and this results in a language impairment called aphasia, then the two languages can be disrupted, thus increasing the challenge of language rehabilitation. According to Dr...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Bilingualism helps aphasia sufferers relearn primary language
Researchers have found that when a person who speaks two languages experiences brain damage leading to a language condition called aphasia, the second, less dominant language can be used to transfer knowledge to the primary one, helping with rehabilitation. The National Aphasia Association defines aphasia as "an impairment of the ability to use or comprehend words, usually acquired as a result of a stroke or other brain injury." When a bilingual person acquires aphasia, the two languages can be disrupted, making language rehabilitation quite difficult...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

Early Brain Stimulation May Help Stroke Survivors Recover Language Function
Non-invasive brain stimulation may help stroke survivors recover speech and language function, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. Between 20 percent to 30 percent of stroke survivors have aphasia, a disorder that affects the ability to grasp language, read, write or speak. It's most often caused by strokes that occur in areas of the brain that control speech and language. "For decades, skilled speech and language therapy has been the only therapeutic option for stroke survivors with aphasia," said Alexander Thiel, M.D...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

Study Finds Post-Stroke Aphasia Recovery Impeded By Shift Of Language Function To Right Hemisphere
In a study designed to differentiate why some stroke patients recover from aphasia and others do not, investigators have found that a compensatory reorganization of language function to right hemispheric brain regions bodes poorly for language recovery. Patients who recovered from aphasia showed a return to normal left-hemispheric language activation patterns. These results, which may open up new rehabilitation strategies, are available in the current issue of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

New Frontiers In Trauma And Stroke Recovery: Teaching The Brain To Speak Again
Cynthia Thompson, a world-renowned researcher on stroke and brain damage, discussed her groundbreaking research on aphasia and the neurolinguistic systems it affects at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). An estimated one million Americans suffer from aphasia, affecting their ability to understand and/or produce spoken and/or written language. Thompson, Northwestern's Ralph and Jean Sundin Professor of Communication Sciences, participated in a media briefing on "Tools for Regaining Speech" at the Hynes Convention Center...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

Aphasia, Hemispatial Neglect And Related Disorders
Approximately half a million individuals suffer strokes in the US each year, and about one in five develops some form of post-stroke aphasia, the partial or total loss of the ability to communicate. By comparing different types of aphasia, investigators have been able to gain new insights into the normal cognitive processes underlying language, as well as the potential response to interventions. Their findings are published alongside papers on hemispatial neglect and related disorders in the January, 2013 issue of Behavioural Neurology...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news