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Are there treatments for progessive aphasia?

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Treatment aphasia: Treatment of aphasia depends on the cause. Speech therapy may help. Progressive aphasia indicated more likely a degenerative disease and there is no specific treatment available right now.

Answered 6/17/2014

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Some: Progressive aphasia is the most difficult to treat but researcher are looking into new treatments such as electrical brain stimulation (no surgery involved) in addition to speech therapy to foster recovery.

Answered 7/31/2014

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Dr. James Schlichting answered

Specializes in Medical Psychotherapy

A speech and language pathologist working with a neurologist or neuropsychiatrist so that strategies can be individualized based on the type of Progressive Aphasia is integral. Diagnosis is so important for treatment. Recent studies in the field of neuromodulation have been promising with PPA (Primary Progressive Aphasia) https://www.tsapkini-lab.org/tdcs-intervention-in-ppa

Answered 3/17/2023

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