Through production of semantically similar features, participants develop more skilled in naming stimuli due to the increase in lexical activation. Restorative therapy approach
Neuroplasticity is a central component to restorative therapy to compensate for brain damage. This approach is especially useful in Wernickes aphasia patients that have had a stroke to the left brain hemisphere.Schuells stimulation approach is a main method in traditional aphasia therapy that follows principles to retrieve function in the auditory modality of language and influence surrounding regions through stimulation. The guidelines to have the most effective stimulation are as follows:
Auditory stimulation of language should be intensive and always present when other language modalities are stimulated. The stimulus should be presented at a difficulty level equal to or just below the patients ability. Sensory stimulation must be present and repeated throughout the treatment. Each stimulus applied should produce a response; if there is no response more stimulation cues should be provided. Response to stimuli should be maximized to create more opportunities for success and feedback for the speech-language pathologist. The feedback of the speech-language pathologist should promote further success and patient and encouragement. Therapy should follow an intensive and systemic method to create success by progressing in difficulty. Therapies should be varied and build off of mastered therapy tasks.Schuells stimulation utilizes stimulation through therapy tasks beginning at a simplified task and progressing to become more difficult including:

Point to tasks. During these tasks the patient is directed to point to an object or multiple objects.
Types
Lenticonus anterior; lenticonus anterior is part of the waardenburg syndrome
Lenticonus posterior; lenticonus posterior is more common than lenticonus anterior and is sometimes found in Lowe syndromeAlport syndrome mostly causes anterior lenticonus. It can rarely cause posterior lenticonus, but this is uncommon. == References ==