All Posts: stroke rehabilitation

• New NIH-Funded Study Deepens Understanding of How Some Stroke Patients Can Recover Their Ability To Communicate

  A new NIH-funded study led by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers deepens our understanding of the role that the right side of the brain can potentially play in helping these patients recover their ability to relearn language and communicate.

  Category: News Release Tags: brain, brain plasticity, language processing, research, stroke, stroke rehabilitation

• NIH-Funded Study Leads to New Understanding of How Stroke Impacts Reading

  A key discovery about the impact of stroke on a person’s ability to read reveals why a deficit occurs — a finding that presents a possible opportunity for new therapeutic strategies to help people recover one of the most important life skills.

  Category: News Release Tags: brain, Cogitive Recovery Lab, cognitive function, reading, research, stroke, stroke rehabilitation, word imageability