Hi Sharon Berlin,

I am sorry to hear about your husband. Unfortunately, there is no way to know how long it will take him to recover, or if he will recover fully or not at all. A speech therapist is an excellent person to work with for aphasia.  They can work with your husband to learn to communicate again, even if it is in a different way than he communicated before his stroke. I have seen speech therapists work wonders with aphasic stoke victims. But, I have also seen people not recover at all.  Much of it depends on your husband's willingness AND ability to work with the speech therapist. It also depends on the extent of the stroke and how much damage was caused. I strongly encourage your husband to work with a speech therapist. Know that it could take months or years to get back to his baseline prior to the stroke, but it is possible.

Best of luck to you and your husband,

Monica M. Skidmore, MS, RD