Speech therapy involves treating the tongue ... The disorder usually occurs after a head injury or stroke. It may also gradually occur from a degenerative brain disease or as a result of a ...
In the not-so-distant past, doctors treated strokes in an after-the-fact way. A stroke did its damage, and then—if the patient survived—a rehabilitation team stepped in to address the stroke’s effects ...
Life expectancy after a stroke varies based on many factors ... the stroke,” Conners says. “Physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, working with our rehab physician colleagues ...