Condition: Communication disorders

What is Melodic Intonation Therapy?

What is Melodic Intonation Therapy?

Have you ever met someone who always seems to take forever to get their name out but has no trouble singing? These people have a condition known medically as ‘aphasia’, which is often caused by injury to the brain. Apart from their slow and halting speech and...
Top Aphasia FAQs Answered by an SLP

Top Aphasia FAQs Answered by an SLP

Recently, Constant Therapy looked into the most commonly searched questions about aphasia on Google. While the first few questions were rather obvious, some of the latter searches may surprise you. We put CT resident speech-language pathologist, Zach Smith, to the...
Dysarthria vs Aphasia: What it is and What You Need to Know

Dysarthria vs Aphasia: What it is and What You Need to Know

The ability to communicate is essential to the human experience. With it we are able to express our ideas, emotions, thoughts, and feelings. Speech and language disorders such as dysarthria and aphasia, however, can disrupt this essential ability, making both speech...