Former talk show host Wendy Williams was diagnosed last year with primary aggressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, her “care team” revealed on Thursday. Aphasia affects language and ...

Former daytime TV talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia, her healthcare team announced in a statement Thursday. Primary ...

Aphasia occurs when a brain disorder affects a person’s language abilities, such as speaking, reading, and writing. The type of aphasia a person has depends on where damage occurs in the brain.

Aphasia affects the speech, language processing and reading skills of about 2 million people in the United States, according to the American Stroke Association. The communication disorder occurs most ...

A study led by a speech neuroscientist at The University of Texas at Dallas sheds light on how damage from stroke disrupts the brain mechanisms required for fluent speech. The research, published in ...