GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Aphasia is a loss of language abilities that makes it hard for one to speak. It can be caused by a brain injury from a car accident, concussion, stroke, or even brain cancer.

In 1983, Howard Blatt was a middle-aged married father working as an electrical engineer at MIT when he collapsed in his kitchen. He'd had a stroke. That health catastrophe left him with a paralyzed ...

If you know somebody who's had a stroke and now has trouble speaking or reading or writing, they probably have aphasia. That's a brain disorder that robs people of their ability to communicate. Howard ...

AITKIN — Aphasia affects each person differently — but one point is clear: it’s a loss of language, not intelligence. “There are varying degrees of aphasia,” explained Riverwood Healthcare Center ...

Approximately 40 percent of stroke survivors experience aphasia, a language impairment that can affect their speech production and comprehension as well as writing and reading. In half of these cases, ...