Treatment: Aphasia

• Speech therapy may be helpful in treatment of certain types of aphasia; more effective in Broca's aphasia than in Wernicke's.
• When the lesion is caused by a stroke, recovery of language function generally peaks within 2-6 months, after which time further progress is limited.

For a more detailed discussion, see Mesulam M-M: Aphasia, Memory Loss, and Other Focal Cerebral Disorders, Chap. 36, p. 176 in HPIM-19.