Evidence exists that brain-damaged but also healthy aging people exhibit difficulties in linguistic (LP) and emotional prosody (EP) and poorer neural synchronization to speech (cortical tracking of speech, CTS) in the delta/theta frequency band. Using a cross-sectional design with left-hemisphere (LH) and right-hemisphere (RH) stroke survivors, young (18-30 y.o) and old (35-80 y.o.) control participants (YC, OC, respectively), we ask whether: 1) CTS is anomalous after stroke and in healthy aging, 2) correlates with prosody interpretation, and 3) LP and EP processing are segregated in the brain. Participants listen to Spanish sentences in EP, LP, and neutral prosody conditions. Data from 8 YC, 4 people with LH damage (LHD), and 3 OC show that, relative to controls, LHD have lower task accuracy, and their CTS is lower in temporal areas in the delta/theta bands but higher in the delta band over parietal sensors. So far, we confirmed that delta/theta CTS is anomalous and prosody comprehension is harder after stroke, while no effects of prosody type were observed. It might be that since LHD experience a deficit in early input-driven processes, they need to recruit more top-down cognitive resources, which does not lead to control-like task performance.