Help with aphasia

[Flurry123]

My husband has aphasia following a brain haemorrhage and has difficulty communicating. I have read that some people use a touch pad. Might this help him and where could I find out more

[philbou]

Hi flurry

My wife uses an iPad

We have a contract one on ee

There are many apps on there

And are suitable to help

And also exercises to help with speech

Your local nhs slt should help with this

My wife’s Asphasia is really bad

It helps sometimes but is not a golden bullet

But I see it as anything that helps

[Flurry123 in reply to philbou]

Hi thank you for your response. It reminded me that we had downloaded a programme for aphasia onto my husband’s first iPad so we tried to use it again. Unfortunately his old iPad had given up the ghost but it spurred me onto getting in touch with the speech and language specialist s at our local hospital. They had discharged my husband 2 years ago. They urged me to talk to our GP to get my husband referred to them again. I cannot speak to my GP on a telephone call about this until the end of the month so I have booked that in.So thank you for giving me the encouragement to try again for some support 😊

[philbou]

I know a few good apps

Some are free

The expensive ones aren’t worth the money

[Juniorbhoy in reply to philbou]

Hi there I understand your post was one year ago but would you be able to suggest some of the apps for aphasia as my husband cannot communicate at all through speech.

Thank you

[philbou in reply to Juniorbhoy]

hi junior

These are my recommendations although some aren’t free

All the small talk ones

Start off with the mouth exercises

Phenomes etc

They are free downloads

Next cuespeak

It’s a small fee each month but it regularly updates

Tactus are good too although they are expensive

My wife’s speech hasn’t come back

She knows a few words

But the aphasia is the inability to recall them and also the ability to form the mouth to make the sounds

Repetition and simple words are the start

I’m here to help if you need me

[Juniorbhoy in reply to philbou]

Thank you very much for your recommendations. So sorry to hear about your wife's situation. It actually sounds identical to my husbands. He can repeat words but struggles to say words independently. It is nearly 3 years since he was seriously assaulted and still receiving speech therapy twice a week. He will not accept the way he now needs to communicate which can make life sometimes very difficult. I wish you both lots of luck xx