Helping people in West Berkshire rebuild confidence and communication

Speech and Language Therapy for Aphasia

Other things we do at Speakability also help your language and confidence. These include:

  • Socialising

  • Activities to help improve clarity of speech and word finding

  • Lots of opportunities to practise

  • Giving advice to carers

Our speech and language therapist can assess your symptoms and work with you to improve your speaking, reading and writing.

They can help you to find different ways to communicate.

Treatment depends on your symptoms but can include:

  • matching words to pictures

  • categorising or sorting words

  • repeating words or rhyming tasks

  • practising ways of communicating without words, for example, drawing, body language, hand movements and facial expressions

  • using technology – for example, setting your phone to be voice-activated or taking pictures of things you struggle to name

  • recommending speech and language therapy apps or computer programs to help you practise.

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