Aphasia guides
Practical answers for people with aphasia, their families, and speech-language pathologists. Written by Frederick F. Weiner, Ph.D., speech-language pathologist.
Aphasia exercises at home
What to practice, how hard to make it, and how often: naming, speaking, understanding, reading and writing.
Free aphasia exercises
Seven exercises families can start today with no equipment, plus a free online lesson with no account.
Word-finding exercises
Why words get stuck (anomia), with semantic feature analysis and cueing that families can use at home.
Speech therapy after a stroke
What therapy involves, how long recovery takes, and how to keep progress going after sessions end.
Communicating with someone who has aphasia
Practical ways for family and friends to make conversation easier.
Conversation practice for aphasia
Why conversation is its own skill, how to practice it at home, and live conversation practice on screen.
How much practice is enough?
What the research on 959 people says about total hours and practicing on most days.
Speech recognition in aphasia therapy
How recognition feedback works during practice, and where it falls short.
Your spouse or parent has aphasia
A practical guide for families in the first weeks after a stroke: what helps, what to practice, and when to worry.
Exercises for expressive (Broca's) aphasia
Home exercises for when someone understands well but struggles to get words out: cueing, sentences, verbs, scripts and melody.
Exercises for receptive (Wernicke's) aphasia
How to communicate more easily, plus home exercises for when speech flows but understanding is the problem.
Apraxia of speech exercises for adults
How apraxia of speech differs from aphasia, and how to practice with slow, repeated, watch-and-listen practice.
Primary progressive aphasia
What PPA is, its three types, and how families can practice important words, keep communicating and plan ahead.
Reading and writing after a stroke
Why reading and writing get harder, why vision should be checked first, and step-by-step home exercises.
Memory and thinking after a brain injury
Everyday strategies plus practice tied to real-life goals for attention, memory and problem solving.
Is speech improving?
How aphasia recovery usually unfolds, how to track speech at home, and what to do when progress seems to stop.
Speech therapy software for clinicians
What speech-language pathologists should look for in software for home practice.
Aphasia therapy software compared
The main options side by side: programs, speech recognition, devices and price.
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