“Will my mother regain her speech after her stroke?”
My mother lost her speech after she got a stroke. Will she ever regain her ability to speak clearly again?
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I understand your concern about your mother's ability to regain clear speech after her stroke. It's a question that many families in your situation have. However, without specific diagnostic information about your mother's speech, language, and cognitive abilities post-stroke, it's challenging to provide a definitive answer.
Recovery after a stroke varies significantly from person to person due to numerous factors. These factors include the location and severity of the stroke, the individual’s overall health, their age, the level of support they have, and how quickly they began speech therapy after the stroke.
Your mother must work with a speech-language pathologist (SLP) who has experience in rehabilitating speech, language, and cognitive abilities after a stroke. The SLP will assess your mother’s abilities and develop a personalized treatment plan. Depending on her specific needs, this plan may involve various exercises and strategies to improve her speech and language skills.
The journey to recovery can be gradual and requires patience, persistence, and support from family and caregivers. Stay optimistic and encourage your mother to participate actively in her therapy sessions.
Best wishes to you and your mother on this journey. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further guidance.
Recovery after a stroke varies significantly from person to person due to numerous factors. These factors include the location and severity of the stroke, the individual’s overall health, their age, the level of support they have, and how quickly they began speech therapy after the stroke.
Your mother must work with a speech-language pathologist (SLP) who has experience in rehabilitating speech, language, and cognitive abilities after a stroke. The SLP will assess your mother’s abilities and develop a personalized treatment plan. Depending on her specific needs, this plan may involve various exercises and strategies to improve her speech and language skills.
The journey to recovery can be gradual and requires patience, persistence, and support from family and caregivers. Stay optimistic and encourage your mother to participate actively in her therapy sessions.
Best wishes to you and your mother on this journey. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further guidance.
The re-emergence of speech and language following a stroke depends on the site and severity of the lesion. With time and good therapy, most patients are able to gain at least some measure back. However, even in cases where a patient loses the ability to communicate with words, other methods may be used. Some patients utlizie low-tech methods to communicate, such as binders with organized tabs loaded with different pre-written messages (e.g., "I'm cold"). Technology has made huge advances for individuals with communication needs, including using eye gaze to generate speech. Your question leads me to believe your mother's stroke severely impacted her speech; seek out a reputable speech language pathologist who specializes in treating adults. They will be able to provide helpful support for both your mother and her caregivers to enhance communication.
Depending on the severity of the stroke, your mother may or may not regain her speech. With regular speech therapy, and lots of time and practice, your mother may regain some of all of her speech. You will want to hang an assessment completed by an SLP who specializes in adult rehabilitation.
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She need a evaluation and next session therapy to work. We need to now the diagnostic and the difficult that she present.
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She need a evaluation and next session therapy to work. We need to now the diagnostic and the difficult that she present.
Blessed
It depends on how extensive the stroke was and your mother's age, but often you will see improvement within the first six months. I have even seen improvement years after a stroke. Contact your insurance to see what's covered. She needs a speech/language evaluation and possibly a swallow study before you can begin therapy.
Kimberly Baradei
Speech-Language Pathologist
Hi! Thanks for reaching out. Losing your speech after a stroke is very difficult for both the person and their family. Everyone has a different recovery journey, but you will see the most skills regained in the first 3-6 months. She can still make gains after that period, but it is generally slower. I would recommend you seek a Speech Language Pathologist to treat her as soon as possible to capitalize on that time frame. Wishing you all the best.
This really depends on a lot of factors and isn't an easy question to answer. Variables include your mother's overall health and medical conditions, the severity of the stroke, which side of the brain that was affected by the stroke, how debilitating the stroke was, etc. Even with this information, it's hard to say because each person is different. What can be said, is that the first 6 months is the most impacting as far as recovery and it's important for her to receive therapy during this time period that is appropriate for her condition. Following 6 months, although progress continues to be made, it is at a much slower rate.
She will see the most rapid recovery in the first few months following her stroke but can continue to make progress years post-stroke. It may not get back to 100%, but it will improve with therapy. She would be an excellent candidate for speech therapy from a certified speech-language pathologist. You may look in your area for an SLP that works with adults or check out my page at www.teletn.com if you live in TN or AL.
Depends on the amount of brain damage. It can be improved.
If it has been longer then a year that she had the stroke, then the chances are not good. Has she had any therapy for her speech? Also her age would be a factor. Good luck and I hope that she gets better
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I am saddened to hear about your mother. Within the first 6 months after a stroke, the brain naturally repairs some of the damage that has taken place. Speech therapy can help with communication. They can work on language and articulation impairments. 100% recovery is never guaranteed, but therapy can provide modification where there is a need.
I hope this helps.
I am saddened to hear about your mother. Within the first 6 months after a stroke, the brain naturally repairs some of the damage that has taken place. Speech therapy can help with communication. They can work on language and articulation impairments. 100% recovery is never guaranteed, but therapy can provide modification where there is a need.
I hope this helps.
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Depending on the severity of her stroke and the effect it had on her cognitive and communication capabilities, it is possible for her to regain some of her speech. However, this can be better determined after receiving an evaluation. Speech therapy is a great option for your mother to regain some independence and communicate her wants and needs.
I hope this helps.
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Depending on the severity of her stroke and the effect it had on her cognitive and communication capabilities, it is possible for her to regain some of her speech. However, this can be better determined after receiving an evaluation. Speech therapy is a great option for your mother to regain some independence and communicate her wants and needs.
I hope this helps.
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It's hard to answer your question without knowing all pertaining information on her case, however, make sure she receives speech therapy, the therapist will assess and provide treatment according to her specific condition.
Every stroke is different. I would suggest speech therapy as soon as possible to achieve functional communication.
I'm sorry to hear of your mother's stroke. Regaining speech and language after a stroke has many variables: what type of stroke did she have, how severe was it, how long ago was her stroke, what rehabilitation has she completed already, how old is she, does she have any other co-morbidities. Seeking a complete speech-language evaluation is recommended.
Regaining the ability to speak after a stroke varies for every individual. Patients can regain their speech back however, every case is different. Some patients regain it at a slower pace than others. Factors to keep in mind are the age of the stroke patient, how severely the stroke impacted them and what part of the brain was impacted from the stroke. If your mother's speech intelligibility was impacted the muscles that are used to speak may have been affected. Your mother may benefit from retraining the muscles needed for speech production. This is usually called dysarthria.
Terlenda Lassiter
Speech-Language Pathologist
There are different types of strokes and different types of recovery. Have her participate in speech language pathology sessions for as long as you can as intense as you can. I would have to know more specific information about where the stroke occurred to give in depth answers.
Every stroke is different depending on location, type of stroke, and how severe the damage. There are some factors that can aid in predicting improvement including motivation, age, and how soon speech therapy is started as well as intensity of the therapy (how many minutes for how many days of the week). My suggestion would be to push for speech therapy as soon as possible for the greatest chance of improvement
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I’m very sorry about your mother. After a stroke, it can all depend of various factors that were affected. Unfortunately, this is not in my scope of practice, but I would recommend seeing a speech-language pathologist for this.
Adrianna Sulaica, Au.D., CCC-A
I’m very sorry about your mother. After a stroke, it can all depend of various factors that were affected. Unfortunately, this is not in my scope of practice, but I would recommend seeing a speech-language pathologist for this.
Adrianna Sulaica, Au.D., CCC-A
Tara Helwig
Speech-Language Pathologist
Without evaluating your mother, it is difficult to say. However, speech-language therapy is great to increase her expressive language skills.
Syed S. Ahmed
Speech-Language Pathologist
Yes, to a certain degree. I would consult a Speech Therapist
