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HAMMESFAHR THERAPY
This is a controversial non-scientifically tested treatment, but this doctor's work is praised by his clients- more than 2,000.    It is expensive, because the treatment is intensive involving a team approach.  But it is a non-invasive therapeutic approach to restore deficits of brain-damaged persons. Visit the website at  Hammesfahr Neurological Institute.  The mailing address is:

Hammesfahr Neurological Institute
600 Druid Road East
Clearwater
Florida 33756 3912

The Institute's phone no. is (727) 461 4464 or 1-800-673-6400
and the Fax no. is (727) 443-1984

A Father/Daughter Journey Through a Revolutionary Medical Treatment for Stroke.

The University of Michigan Aphasia Program (UMAP) is committed to providing intensive state-of-the-art therapy to adults with aphasia. Through intensive, innovative and hands-on therapy we work with clients to reach their goals and improve the quality of their lives.

Located on the University of Michigan medical campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, UMAP is the most effective program of its kind for the treatment of aphasia in North America. It is unlike any other approach to aphasia therapy with key distinguishing factors including:

·        Six-week intensive program

·        Clinically trained professional speech language pathologists

·        Intensive 23-hour therapy schedule each week

AUTOMOVE
Systems Inc. claim that AutoMove Therapy enables certain Stroke Survivors to regain lost motion.! They state "There is hope for further improvement: * Increase finger movement * Increase Hand and Wrist movement * Increase dorsiflexion ...(reduce drop-foot symptom) * Increase Elbow movement * Increase Shoulder movement * Reduce muscle spasm.

For more information, visit Recovery System Inc.'s Website
Stroke Recovery Systems, Inc.
4 West Dry Creek Circle,
Suite 260 Denver, CO 80120.
Phone: 1-800-845-1771 Fax: 1-800-495-6695

The  Aphasia Toolbox. Travelling the Pathway to Aphasia Recovery

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InteRACT
Residential Adult Aphasia Treatment Program

A Bit About Us:
InteRACT is the only adult aphasia treatment program in North America that offers clients four weeks of intensive training with two important
features:
1) clients must participate with a communication partner and
2) live in residence in the same building where the program is held.
InteRACT
participants have benefited from this unique approach every time.

We're run from the School of Communication Disorders at Dalhousie
University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

APHASIA.  Online SPEECH THERAPY software is available from
Bungalow Software  designed for stroke and brain injured persons with aphasia.

Bungalow Software,
5390 NE Stanchion Ct.
Hillsboro,
OR 97124, USA.
Customer Service Telephone: 1-503-648-0518
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Click on the above Icon for Word Retrieval Therapy to Build Vocabulary with Games.

Of interest to aphasia strokesurvivors.