Aphasia is a communication disorder that makes it hard to use words. It can affect your speech, writing, and ability to understand language. Aphasia results from damage or injury to parts of the brain ...

Apraxia is a group of neurological disorders with multiple symptoms. However, not all doctors agree on which symptoms belong to which disorder. After a retired speech-language pathologist had a stroke ...

Ideomotor apraxia is a neurological disorder that prevents people being able to perform learned movements or tasks, even if they have the physical ability and knowledge of how to do so. Apraxia is a ...

It may start with a simple word you can't pronounce. Your tongue and lips stumble, and gibberish comes out. Misspeaking might draw a chuckle from family and friends. But, then, it keeps happening.

Apraxia of Speech is a form of oral motor speech disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate conscious speech plans into motor plans. A person may therefore be aware of the words they ...

It may start with a simple word you can't pronounce. Your tongue and lips stumble, and gibberish comes out. Misspeaking might draw a chuckle from family and friends. But, then, it keeps happening.

In March, the family of Bruce Willis, the actor best known for his roles in the Die Hard films, announced that he would be “stepping away” from his acting career after being diagnosed with aphasia.

It may start with a simple word you can't pronounce. Your tongue and lips stumble, and gibberish comes out. Misspeaking might draw a chuckle from family and friends. But, then, it keeps happening.