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World Service,21 Dec 1995,13 mins

Learning To Speak Again After A Stroke

Health Matters

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How a stroke affects speech, new cures in modern medicine and coping with social phobia. A third of people who have a stroke end up developing speech or language problems, treatments include therapy as well as helping them develop patience and confidence. How social phobia can be helped by encouraging sufferers to face their fears. Also has progress on the treatment of new diseases actually slowed down the search for a cure?

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