http://strokespeech.com Resources for Stroke Speech Therapy, stroke therapy, stroke aphasia Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:42:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://strokespeech.com/speech-therapy-for-stroke/language-and-speech-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Lornel Lutz Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:53:56 +0000 http://strokespeech.com/?page_id=8#comment-432 My Father suffers from GLOBAL APHASIA; which I'm not sure if he has the ability to rehab or not. He's improved greatly since the strokes. (JanFeb2010)He is being assessed Apr 7th but I fear they will turn him away. He can't point to the proper images of items we ask him to point to; he can copy written language perfectly, but cannot write any comprehensive words. Appears to be able to read words as I've written words I knew he'd laugh at and shown them to him and got the proper laugh without me showing expression on my face. Not sure if he can read 'sentences' and understand however. So not sure what our options are? My Father suffers from GLOBAL APHASIA; which I’m not sure if he has the ability to rehab or not. He’s improved greatly since the strokes. (JanFeb2010)He is being assessed Apr 7th but I fear they will turn him away. He can’t point to the proper images of items we ask him to point to; he can copy written language perfectly, but cannot write any comprehensive words. Appears to be able to read words as I’ve written words I knew he’d laugh at and shown them to him and got the proper laugh without me showing expression on my face. Not sure if he can read ’sentences’ and understand however. So not sure what our options are?

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