Aphasia Mode

ExpressAgain for aphasia & stroke.

After a stroke, the words are still in there — they just get stuck on the way out. ExpressAgain lets a person with expressive aphasia recognize, select, and speak what they mean, from basic needs to the hard medical questions doctors rarely make room for.

A speech therapist and an older man practicing speech together with a mirror

Why It Works

Recognize and select — don't generate from scratch.

In aphasia, reading comprehension and memory are often preserved even when speaking, writing, and typing are not. So instead of asking someone to produce language they can no longer reliably generate, ExpressAgain lets them find the right words in a clear, organized library — and speaks those words out loud. Less exhausting, more dignified, and built for how the mind actually works after a stroke.

Inside Aphasia Mode

Beyond “I'm hungry” and “I'm in pain.”

Basic Needs

Bathroom, comfort, pain, rest, equipment — the everyday essentials.

Saying No & Consent

Refuse, ask for time, and understand before agreeing.

Medical Questions

Diagnosis, treatment options, tests, and discharge — in your own words.

Feelings & Mood

Say how you feel when the words for it won't come.

About My Aphasia

Explain your condition and ask what's happening to you.

Practice & Prompts

Verb starters to help rebuild words, guided by a speech therapist.

Understanding Reduces Fear

Plain-language answers, right in the app.

A built-in Learn area explains — gently and without diagnosing — what a stroke is, what aphasia is, and what each side of the brain does, so a frightened person can understand what's happening on their own terms. Because everything that makes them them is still here.

Give them a way to be heard.