“Speech is mainly controlled by the left hemisphere of the brain, however children’s brains have the capacity to switch this control to the right hemisphere if the left is damaged,” Angela said.
“Different conditions affect different parts of the brain – for example, stroke is associated with highly localised lesions, while traumatic brain injury is typically associated with more widespread brain damage.”
“New neuroimaging techniques allow us to look at brain function and brain connectivity, or “wiring”, from magnetic resonance imaging scans, meaning we are now able to detect very subtle microstructural changes in the brain that have never been seen before.”