Aphasia

News for Aphasia

Walking to help those less fortunate Weehawken teen Cahill raises ... 02 Oct 2005
Cahill donates a lot of her free time working at the Adler-Aphasia Center for stroke victims in Maywood, teaching computer classes and helping the victims with ...
- Weehawken Reporter

Sometimes you just have to scream 02 Oct 2005
All of a sudden, my beautiful mother was on a respirator, had a tracheotomy, lost use of her right arm and has aphasia, a brain impairment that causes ...
- Asbury Park Press

Healthbeat: Aphasia Clinic Sep 29, 2005
Aphasia is a communication disorder in which an individual may be unable to produce or understand language. ... There are four main categories of aphasia. ...
- WHOI

Health Alert: Fighting aphasia Sep 27, 2005
...(National-NBC) Sept. 27, 2005 - Two years ago, a massive stroke stole Mike Ligon's ability to communicate. It's a frustrating disorder called aphasia. ...
- WIS

Van Riper lectures shed light on aphasia Sep 26, 2005
The focus of the lectures revolved around aphasia treatment and its biological, psychological and social perspectives. The lectures ...
- Western Herald

Aphasia treatment in spotlight during WMU conference Sep 15, 2005
KALAMAZOO--Three internationally known authorities on aphasia will explore new therapies in treating the loss of the ability to speak and articulate thoughts ...
- WMU News

Trapt Live At Avalon With Blindside & Aphasia Sep 6, 2005
...the road. and the airwaves. This weekend they will kick off their fall tour with Blindside and Aphasia,. Modern Rock charts. Their ...
- Avalon Attractions (press release)

Trapt unleashes at Senator Sep 28, 2005
By the time the second band, Aphasia, came on, the stage area was packed. During Aphasia's set, the audience crowd surfed and started small mosh pits. ...
- The Orion

Concert calendar Sep 30, 2005
Oct. 12, Jason Aldean; Oct. 18, Zakk Wylde Black Label Society; Oct. 29, Aphasia, Blindside, Trapt. ... 28 , Bain Mattox; Nov. 1, Aphasia, Blindside, Trapt; Nov. ...
- The State

Music was an outlet for Trapt Sep 29, 2005
Opening for Trapt will be Swedish rock group Blindside and Aphasia, a northern California group whose debut disc was produced by Trapt's Brown. ...
- Toledo Blade

A year of fragments, shored against the ruins Oct 1, 2005
...their only proficient vocabulary [was] in the society's platitudes." Now she admits to her own intermittent aphasia, to a wild linguistic ambivalence that runs ...
- Calendar Live (subscription)

Blindside Tour Sep 25, 2005
...(The PRP) More stops have been announced for Blindside's tour with Trapt and Aphasia, here's the latest: Note: The preceding story ...
- antiMUSIC.com

Health Notes Sep 23, 2005
SEACOAST APHASIA SUPPORT GROUP for anyone with aphasia, their caregivers, families and friends meets from 7 to 8:30 pm on the third Monday of the month on the ...
- Rockingham News

Bridging Communication Gaps Sep 23, 2005
...injury. Two years ago, a massive stroke stole Mike Ligon's ability to communicate. It's a frustrating disorder called aphasia. Mike ...
- WOWT

Concert call Sep 29, 2005
...www.hancher.uiowa.edu. Aphasia, Trapt, Blindside - 7:30 pm Friday, Val Air Ballroom, 301 Ashworth Road, West Des Moines, $26.50 in advance/$30 day of show. ...
- DesMoinesRegister.com

Central Ohio’s premier Sep 29, 2005
Blueprint, POS, 7 pm Oct. 7, $17/$20; the Clampdown, 9 pm Oct. 8, cover; Trapt, Blindside, Aphasia, Oct. 11, $15/$17; Project 86 ...
- Columbus Dispatch (subscription)

Calendar: Symphony has several concerts set Sep 29, 2005
Billboard award winner Trapt will be in concert with Blindside and Aphasia at 8 pm Wednesday in Club Bijou, 209 North Superior St. ...
- Toledo Blade

Best of the Region Sep 30, 2005
...$10-$25. (606) 324-3175. Trapt, Blindside, Aphasia. Tuesday, 8 pm, Bogarts, 2621 Vine St., Cincinnati. $17. (513) 281-8400 or (502) 361-3100. Mark O'Connor. ...
- Louisville Courier-Journal

Evacuations plagued by problems Sep 26, 2005
...other seniors," Read said. "My mom has aphasia and a feeding tube, and I can only imagine how scared she has been.". Nursing homes in ...
- Houston Chronicle

Bulletin BoardPublished: Monday, September 19, 2005 -- The Truth ... Sep 18, 2005
Goshen Community Aphasia Group, breakfast, 8:30 am at Goshen General Hospital. Provides information to aphasia sufferers, their families and the public. ...
- Elkhart Truth

The essential facts and figures for the Wyong Cup Aug 31, 2005
...began in 1978. Devious Lady was successful in 1987, Ecliptic in 1991, Aphasia in 1997, and Bush Honey last year. Devious Lady recorded ...
- ThoroughbredNews.co.nz

Order of Ontario recipients for 2004 announced Sep 7, 2005
Patricia Ann Arato of Grafton - Has worked tirelessly to improve the lives of those suffering from aphasia, a disorder caused by a brain injury or stroke. ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release)

Health Support Groups Sep 19, 2005
Aphasia support group: 2 pm second Tuesdays, Genesis Plaza, Suite 6, 2535 Maplecrest Road, Bettendorf, (563) 421-2000. Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS). ...
- Quad City Times

Central Ohio’s premier Sep 22, 2005
Oct. 6, $8; Atmosphere, Blueprint, POS, 7 pm Oct. 7, $17/$20; the Clampdown, 9 pm Oct. 8, cover; Trapt, Blindside, Aphasia, Oct. 11 ...
- Columbus Dispatch (subscription)

Full Time Tenure Track Faculty — Communicative Sciences & ... Sep 21, 2005
The Clinic facilities include seven observable individual and group therapy rooms, one large group room, an aphasia treatment center, numerous study areas, a ...
- Inside Higher Ed

Best of the Region Sep 23, 2005
...$25. (513) 281-8400 or (502) 361-3100. Trapt, Blindside, Aphasia. Thursday, 8 pm, Bogart's, 2621 Vine St., Cincinnati. $15. (513) 281-8400 or (502) 361-3100. ...
- Louisville Courier-Journal

Northstar Neuroscience Announces NIH Research Grant for Cortical ... Sep 20, 2005
Currently this system is under evaluation for recovery of hand and/or arm function post-stroke as well as treatment of aphasia (speech impairment due to stroke ...
- Genetic Engineering News

Concert calendar Sep 23, 2005
Oct. 12, Jason Aldean; Oct. 18, Zakk Wylde Black Label Society; Oct. 29, Aphasia, Blindside, Trapt. CUMBERLAND’S, 26 Cumberland St. ...
- The State

Wife of stroke sufferer discovers she's a victim too Sep 21, 2005
Now, the feeling has improved so he can feel the wind on his skin. Chuck also suffered aphasia, the inability to handle language and speak coherently. ...
- Billings Gazette

Hearing disorders: Early detection key to treatment Sep 18, 2005
While Subhashree (15 months) is deaf from birth, BB Patnaik (36) suffers from a neural disease ‘aphasia’ after he met with a serious accident and now has ...
- Newindpress

Caring starts at home for new program Sep 19, 2005
Verbal and nonverbal skills are taught to communicate properly with people with hearing loss, aphasia (speech loss due to stroke), dementia and Alzheimer’s ...
- Nashua Telegraph

Taped Evidence Sep 21, 2005
...his grandparents in their home in Santa Ana at age 15, and preferred snail mail, keeping a post office box for his death-metal band project, Aphasia Productions ...
- LA City Beat

Floods Scour the Political Landscape, Too Sep 7, 2005
...to winning. When the less fortunate are endangered, he reverts to the primal aphasia he learned at his mother's knee. "Everybody ...
- Washington Post

Music scene heating up as summer ends Sep 7, 2005
The Los Gatos heavy alternative band, which is signed to Warner Brothers, headlines with Acceptance and Aphasia. The free show goes from 5:30 to 9 pm. ...
- San Jose Mercury News

Rock band Trapt takes 'Control' on 2nd album Sep 11, 2005
...incubate talent. First act Aphasia makes its debut September 13 through Joint Venture and Navarre-distributed DRT Entertainment. Brown ...
- Reuters

Vietnamese girl in war photo among 29 to get Order of Ontario Sep 7, 2005
..._Patricia Arato of Grafton, who established Essex House Bed and Breakfast to offer supportive environment for those with aphasia. ...
- Ottawa Citizen

ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press Sep 1, 2005
Trapt -- 7:30 pm Oct. 7, Agora, 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. With Blindside and Aphasia. $17; day of show, $18. Ticketmaster.com: 330-945-9400. ...
- Akron Beacon Journal

Central Ohio’s premier Sep 8, 2005
5, $18/$20; Zoso: Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience, 8 pm Oct. 6, $8; Atmosphere, Blueprint, POS, 7 pm Oct. 7, $17/$20; Trapt, Blindside, Aphasia, Oct. ...
- Columbus Dispatch (subscription)

Concert calendar Sep 16, 2005
Sept. 25, Keller Williams; Oct. 12, Jason Aldean; Oct. 29, Aphasia, Blindside, Trapt. CUMBERLAND’S, 26 Cumberland St. (843) 577-9469; www.cumberlands.net. ...
- The State

Community events Sep 3, 2005
Mount Airy: Aphasia support group: weekly meeting, 4:30 pm, Mercy Franciscan Hospital, Mount Airy campus, 2446 Kipling Road. Information: (513) 853-5211. ...
- Cincinnati Enquirer

Fathoming Freud Sep 9, 2005
From there he moved on to studying neural pathways to the human brain under Charcot in Paris and hence to his seminal 1891 treatise On Aphasia. ...
- Kensington Times

Pop, country & jazz Sep 9, 2005
Saturday: Son Volt, Earlimart. 9 pm $20-$24. Sunday: Sizzla. 8 pm $19-$23. Tuesday: Trapt, Aphasia. 8 pm $18-$22. Wednesday: Sean Kennedy. 9 pm No cover. ...
- San Jose Mercury News

COMMUNITY CALENDAR - September 15, 2005 Sep 15, 2005
Speech makers: The York-Durham Aphasia Centre in Stouffville needs volunteers with an interest in learning to work as communication facilitators for adults ...
- Sun Tribune

Photos bridge a culture gap uniquely Sep 15, 2005
...portions of each photo. The result is visual aphasia, an ignorance of context embedded into the context itself. Instead of a portraying ...
- Seattle Post Intelligencer

Med school’s pulse stays strong Sep 12, 2005
Shomaker, who took over in June when Cadman resigned because of a neuro-degenerative disorder called primary progressive aphasia, said the former dean still is ...
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin

System of a Down coming to Hard Rock Sep 9, 2005
To charge by phone, call 547-5300. Rockers Trapt will play the House of Blues on Nov. 15. The openers are Blindside and Aphasia. ...
- Las Vegas Review-Journal

Fighting back against cancer Sep 7, 2005
...doesn't look familiar to me. "And I had a bit of aphasia (partial loss of the power to use or understand words). I'd know I'm talking ...
- Palm Beach Post

David ruled incompetent to stand trial Sep 5, 2005
She said he suffers from sudden, unpredictable periods of confusion and from aphasia, an inability to use words to express one`s self. ...
- Camden Chronicle Independent

PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HEALTH Aug 31, 2005
...at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center are recruiting stroke survivors to participate in a research study for the treatment of aphasia (absence or ...
- Houston Chronicle

Supporting act Dick Cavett still stands out Aug 31, 2005
...“I remember, in the middle of (the Stewart conversation), thinking ... is it aphasia, when you can hear what’s said to you but can’t make sense of it? ...
- Kansas City Star

Sir James Crichton-Browne (1840-1938): pioneer neurologist and ... Aug 31, 2005
An interesting review of aphasia in Volume 2 by his father, WAF Browne, traces the link between phrenology and the emerging cortical localizations of the 1870s ...
- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Royal News Prince Charles Visits AphasiaJul 20, 2005
...sat in on a workshop and joined in with a discussion on how hospitals, doctors' surgeries and other buildings could be more accommodating to people with aphasia ...
- FemaleFirst.co.uk

Aphasia Flatline VideoJul 17, 2005
...blockbuster War of the Worlds. “Flatline� will be the first single from Fact & Fiction due out September 13 on DRT Entertainment. The video for. ...
- antiMUSIC.com

Raising the issue of aphasiaJul 7, 2005
A STROKE sufferer has been helping to raise awareness about a little known condition at Whipps Cross University Hospital as part of Speak About Aphasia month. ...
- Waltham Forest Guardian

DRT Entertainment Signs Aphasia, Debut Album Out September 2005Jul 14, 2005
New York, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- DRT Entertainment has signed Burlingame, CA's, Aphasia. The band's debut album, titled Fact & ...
- Yahoo News

Prince launches new website on health and social careJul 25, 2005
Fund, HRH The Prince of Wales visited the charity Connect to see how it has used funding from the King's Fund to support people with aphasia, a communication ...
- eGov monitor

Language Training Helps Stroke Patients SpeakJul 23, 2005
NEW YORK-- People who've experienced a stroke can lose the ability to use or understand speech, a problem known as aphasia. Now, new ...
- RedNova.com

Speech therapy may help stroke survivorsJul 24, 2005
...stroke that damages the language center of the brain can rob a person of the ability to speak and comprehend verbal communication, a condition known as aphasia ...
- Nashua Telegraph

CHARLES TO VISIT THERAPY CENTREJul 19, 2005
The Prince of Wales was in London today to meet sufferers of aphasia - a communication disability often brought on by a stroke or severe head injury. ...
- Community Newswire

Language training helps stroke patients speakJul 22, 2005
By Will Boggs, MD. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who've experienced a stroke can lose the ability to use or understand speech, a problem known as aphasia. ...
- Reuters

Rocking to rescue a palace of punkJul 27, 2005
2); Rana (Aug. 3); Bush Tetras (Aug. 5); Aphasia and Shortie (Aug. 9); Against Me, The Exit and World Inferno Friendship Society (Aug. 10); Misfits (Aug. ...
- Newsday

TRAPT PREPARE NEW VIDEOJul 21, 2005
...t worry. We're taking out a band called APHASIA, who I know from way back when we first starting playing in the clubs. They are ...
- 93X.COM

Awight mate?Jul 22, 2005
Prince Charles was visiting Connect, a charity in Marshalsea Road that works with sufferers of the little-known condition, aphasia. ...
- ic SouthLondon.co.uk

Bulletin BoardPublished: Monday, July 18, 2005 -- The Truth, D4Jul 18, 2005
Goshen Community Aphasia Group, breakfast, 8:30 am at Goshen General Hospital. Provides information to aphasia sufferers, their families and the public. ...
- Elkhart Truth

Calendar: Healthy happeningsJul 17, 2005
Aphasia support group, 4 pm the fourth Thursday, USC Speech and Hearing Center, 1601 St. Julian Place. For family, friends of people with aphasia. ...
- The State

Putting In the Good WordJul 21, 2005
Macias was born with aphasia — an impairment of the ability to use or comprehend words — and did not speak until he was 6 years old. ...
- Los Angeles Times

HEALTH SUPPORT GROUPS PHYSICAL WELL-BEINGJul 19, 2005
Aphasia support group: 2 pm second Tuesdays, Genesis Plaza, Suite 6, 2535 Maplecrest Road, Bettendorf, (563) 421-2000. Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS). ...
- Quad City Times

Community CalendarJul 19, 2005
Aphasia group: "The Stroke of Hope," support program, 10 am-noon Thursdays, Hobe Sound Community Presbyterian Church, 11933 SE Juno Crescent Dr., Hobe Sound. ...
- Palm Beach Post

Support groupsJul 20, 2005
Group Aphasia Treatment - This group offers additional language therapy after traditional individual treatment has ended, and is coordinated by a language and ...
- Beacon Villager

Quick Hits: Foo Fighters/Weezer, Staind, U2, Bumpershoot Festival ...Jul 19, 2005
The complete rundown can be found here. Trapt singer Chris Brown is expanding his resume by producing the debut album from Rock band Aphasia. ...
- FMQB

Boy was her call to professionJul 20, 2005
One group comprises people with aphasia — loss of ability to speak, understand or write — usually the result of a stroke or head injury. ...
- Standard

Taking careJul 17, 2005
He could no longer read or write. He had aphasia, which meant he could visualize words but was unable to make his mouth say them. He was 53. ...
- OCRegister (subscription)

Jury out on supersubs as Australia get into gear for the AshesJul 12, 2005
...arrived at the crease as the first batting substitute in one-day cricket, halfway through the England innings, everyone appeared to be struck down by aphasia. ...
- Guardian Unlimited

tom balchin stroke rehabilitation recovery paralysis martial artsJul 2, 2005
This keeps them firmly inside their comfort zones and prevents them making progress, particularly if extra problems persist such as epilepsy or aphasia. ...
- Pressbox.co.uk

11/7/2005 - Pool-athon has cash in the pocketJul 11, 2005
...and Social Club in Beech Lane took part in the 24-hour pool session to raise funds for SpeakAbility, a national charity for people with aphasia, and Purley ...
- Reading Evening Post

Essentials of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical NeurosciencesJul 6, 2005
The second part, titled "Neuropsychiatric Symptomatologies," provides an in-depth coverage of delirium, aphasia, memory, and amnesia. ...
- Psychosomatics (subscription)

Aphasia Debuts Fact & Fiction 29 Jan 2006
Fact & Fiction, the debut album from Bay Area band, Aphasia is a quick 35 minutes of mixed vocals, tempos and emotion. The young ...
- StateHornet.com,

An autism opera, an aphasia comedy, a Tourette's musical Jan 24, 2006
The second, an inspired absurdist comedy, follows four strangers infected with a mysterious form of aphasia who are quarantined in a No Exit bunker. ...
- Village Voice,

Health Briefs Jan 24, 2006
SEACOAST APHASIA SUPPORT Group for anyone with aphasia, their caregivers, families and friends meets from 7 to 8:30 pm on the third Monday of the month on the ...
- Exeter News-Letter,

Health Support Groups Jan 28, 2006
Aphasia support group: 2 pm second Tuesdays, Genesis Plaza, Suite 6, 2535 Maplecrest Road, Bettendorf, (563) 421-2000. Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS). ...
- Quad City Times,

Dixon blends jazz with hard-core sound Jan 27, 2006
556-2370. Truce, Aphasia, Days Like These, Dear Whoever, 4:30 pm, Studio 7, 110 S. Horton St., Seattle; $9; 206-286-1312. Dan Purser ...
- TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),

Injured teen is making progress Jan 23, 2006
Samantha also suffers from significant cognitive impairment and several neurological disorders including aphasia and dysarthria, medical experts have said. ...
- San Gabriel Valley Tribune,

Health calendar Jan 24, 2006
The Aphasia Support Group of Western Pennsylvania holds a monthly meeting on the first Thursday of the month from 10 am to noon at Panera Bread, 7217 McKnight ...
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette,

Bulletin BoardPublished: Monday, January 16, 2006 -- The Truth, D4 Jan 15, 2006
Goshen Community Aphasia Group, breakfast, 8:30 am at Goshen General Hospital. Provides information to aphasia sufferers, their families and the public. ...
- Elkhart Truth,

When caregivers need care Jan 25, 2006
She has been a caregiver for her husband since he was diagnosed more than eight years ago with Primary Progressive Aphasia and finally Picks Disease, a type of ...
- Terrace Standard,

Association of COMT Val158Met Genotype With Executive Functioning ... Jan 23, 2006
Tucson, Ariz, Neuropsychology Press, 1993. Benton AL, Hamsher K deS: Multilingual Aphasia Examination. Iowa City, Iowa, University of Iowa, 1978. ...
- Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)

Oakland firm gives stroke victims hope Dec 28, 2005
Aphasia, a communication disorder, is one common type of stroke-induced disability, estimated to affect as many as 1 million Americans. ...
- Inside Bay Area,

Support Groups Jan 12, 2006
SEACOAST APHASIA SUPPORT GROUP meets the third Monday of the month from 7 to 8:30 pm at the Community Campus, 100 Campus Drive in Portsmouth. ...
- Portsmouth Herald News,

Freedom nearly lost in translation Jan 12, 2006
On it, Verruno wrote she was fluent in Spanish and aphasia -- the ability to translate for people unable to speak, such as stroke victims. ...
- Daytona Beach News-Journal,

Fine ‘n’ Fluent Jan 17, 2006
Language disorders: Related to the celebral level, these are signified by deviation or delay from normal speech and language, like autism, aphasia and dyslexia ...
- Expressindia.com,

Schwartz on Sports: Court rushing needs to stop Jan 19, 2006
Instead of playing Division I volleyball at Stanford, he's working as a Cardinal student on overcoming the language impediment aphasia suffered on that fateful ...
- Arizona Daily Wildcat,

7 Days and 7 Nights Jan 19, 2006
...arts, and NEUROfest will combine the two in a festival of over 20 plays, seminars and readings about neurological conditions, ranging from aphasia to savantism ...
- Gay City News

BIG EARS: KEM initiative to help hearing-impaired child Jan 18, 2006
...extremely crucial role. The centre also deals with speech disorders such as stammering, mis-articulation, voice disorders and aphasia.
- Pune Newsline,

Group aids stroke survivors Jan 18, 2006
A speech therapist visits occasionally to do individual assessments on members who suffer from aphasia, a common stroke side effect that results in difficulty ...
- Gateway Newspapers

Computer science growing into a basic science Jan 19, 2006
Professor Maria Klawe, dean of engineering at Princeton university, shared details of the ‘The Aphasia Project,’ in which she and her researchers are ...
- Financial Express,

In the Desert, Prime Time Jan 20, 2006
...that he hasn't vamoosed before, in previous novels, fleeing from a final reckoning into bad sex, suicidal ideation, hysterical aphasia, transactional analysis ...
- The New York Review of Books

Hospital plan timely initiative Jan 16, 2006
...time. In 1998 I was trying to get information on strokes and aphasia, written in Hungarian, and was shocked to find there was none. ...
- Toronto Star,

Rehabilitation can restore stroke victim to a creative life Jan 8, 2006
...nursing and physiotherapy. If he has difficulty speaking, we have clinical communications specialists who treat aphasia. If there ...
- Jerusalem Post,

Are some diseases like Alzheimer's infectious? Jan 8, 2006
...encephalopathy (also known as variant-Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) in humans (the human form of mad cow disease), and primary progressive aphasia (also a human ...
- Staunton News Leader,

A Whatchamacallit about Somethingoranohter Jan 12, 2006
At first I worried that perhaps my brain was aging and no longer capable of transmitting mental activity to my speech center. Aphasia, this is called. ...
- Town Times,

Tucson Citizen Dec 31, 2005
...faculty of the UA Speech Department. She was clinical director of the department's aphasia program. Juliette Gonzales was a third ...
- Tucson Citizen,

Theatre This Week: Brains, And an Already Brawny Lineup Jan 3, 2006
...s), Capgras’ Syndrome (the play Impostors features a man who believes his parents have been replaced by duplicates), amnesia and aphasia (dealt with in ...
- Gothamist,

Community Calendar Dec 27, 2005
Aphasia group: "The Stroke of Hope," support program, 10 am-noon Thursdays, Hobe Sound Community Presbyterian Church, 11933 SE Juno Crescent Dr., Hobe Sound. ...
- Palm Beach Post,







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