Can a person with aphasia be cured?
There is, unfortunately, no cure for aphasia. However, some individuals regain a great deal of their language skills and complete resolution of aphasia is common when the medical reason for their aphasia was slight swelling in the brain, infection or a small stroke / TIA (transient ischemic attack). Most individuals who have aphasia deal with some level of language difficulty (reading, writing, speech/word finding, or comprehension) long after the initial injury. With knowledge of aphasia’s chronicity, then, it is important to battle aphasia as it impacts an individual’s life, now and into the future.
