To begin with, the primary cause of aphasia should be stabilized or treated. After doing so, thats the only time that a therapist can work on the rehabilitation of the patient. To recover a persons language function, he or she should begin undergoing therapy as soon as possible subsequent the injury.
Speech Therapy: As A Treatment For Aphasia
Since there are no surgical or medical procedures that are currently available to treat Aphasia, conditions that result from head injury or stroke can be improved through the treatment of speech therapy.
For majority of Aphasic patients though, the main emphasis is placed upon optimizing the use of the persons retained language skills and being able to learn to use other ways of communication to be able to compensate for their permanently lost language abilities.
Therapy Activities
The formulation of what activities to use during a speech therapy session is critically done and would highly depend on the therapists assessment and diagnosis results on the individual. However, there are some general activities that are done to treat Aphasia.
Exercise
Since most types of Aphasia would include...