Dad with Aphasia, How would you teach him to speak again?

Question

My dad had a heart bypass surgury 2 months ago and he got this condition called aphasia it happens when you have a stroke. Apasia is a condition in where he cant express words. Luckly in his case he understands everything (words being spoken and he can read) His right arm though is still stiff. Have you ever had apashia before? if so how long did it take to recovore, how did you recovore? And if anyone knows and websites that would be great too!

Answer 1

There are a great many type of aphasia, and therefore a great many treatments. (This sounds a bit like Broca's Aphasia (output) so sucess will depend on whether/how much of Broca's area itself was damaged or whether is was access to the area that's damaged - which is much easier to cure. But this is guesswork). His therapist should really define exactly the method of how to help him, because his therapist will have the most exact knowledge of where/what damage he has.