Study reveals promising insights on treatment to improve speech after a stroke

University of Calgary researchers helping stroke patients regain their ability to speak

Research being done at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute is offering hope for stroke patients with aphasia, which can rob them of their ability to speak.

Study reveals promising insights on treatment to improve speech after a stroke

Lucy Mulloor woke up one morning and realized something was terribly wrong. The 45-year-old single-mom could hear her two daughters in the kitchen but couldn't call out to them. She'd lost the ability to talk and to move the right side of her body. Mulloor managed to work her way to the side of the bed and drop onto the floor to attract the girls' attention. The oldest called 911. Mulloor would soon learn she'd experienced a massive stroke in th…