Speech Recovery through AAC Devices and Therapy Apps

Speech recovery after a stroke can be a very intimidating process. When you lose the ability to communicate, your entire life revolves around getting your thoughts understood by the people that need to hear them. Recovering your speech after being inflicted with aphasia  can happen through many different channels - flash cards or communication boards are very popular. However, the higher tech options such as AAC devices and speech therapy apps for smart phones and tablets can be much more effective in speech recovery. Speech therapy apps allow you to practice speech exercises whenever and wherever you are most comfortable and extend your speech language pathologist's practice to your home. Many people may not believe that AAC Speech-Generating devices can actually help you recover speech because they speak for you, however, connecting the words you want to say to the way they sounds allow you to repeat words and sentences, leading to a slow and steady speech recovery. The high tech path to speech recovery, in my opinion, really is the way to go.