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After a Stroke, an Artist Finds Help from Man's Best Friend

After having a stroke while running on the treadmill, Emily Rutledge found help from an unlikely source: Georgia, the AbilityLab's therapy dog. Sometimes the best technology is man's best friend.

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Brain Injury

We have 60 years’ experience studying the brain’s complexities and healing capacity.

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Our doctors work on speech and language skills with their patients

Aphasia

At the AbilityLab, our aphasia experts are investigating novel ways to treat aphasia through technological innovation, clinical research studies, and unique therapeutic treatments.

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Intensive therapy programs look at the underlying cause of aphasia

Aphasia Therapy Programs & Classes

Whether you're looking for a conversation support group or an intensive therapy program, our team of experts can offer the support you need to improve your communication skills.

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AphasiaScripts™

AphasiaScripts™ is a software program designed for script practice. It uses a Personal Animated Therapist (PAT).

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Speech Language clinicians work with patients on speech patterns

Software Products for People with Aphasia

With Oral Reading for Language in Aphasia (ORLA®) and AphasiaScripts® a person with aphasia repeatedly reads sentences out loud, together with a speech therapist.

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Aphasia patients practice with ORLA, speech software invented at AbilityLab

New Therapies to Help Stroke Survivors Recover Language Years After Injury

Encouraging new evidence is emerging to suggest the brain's plasticity, or its ability to change and heal, may last many years after injury—far longer than the commonly assumed plateau for speech recovery of about six months to a year.

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Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology offers custom tools that aid in communication, learning, operation of mobility or household devices and key functions.

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Think + Speak Lab

Recovering the ability to think, reason, perceive, swallow, eat, talk, interact with others and make decisions are key for returning to yourself, loved ones and life. In this Lab, combined therapeutic care and scientific application help you recover these building blocks of ability.

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