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.
The "coach" will help the patient develop a script for a scenario (such as ordering food at a restaurant), and help the patient practice and perform the scenario in and out of the clinic while evaluating the outcome. Supported conversation also involves using a communicative partner who supports the patients learning by providing contextual cues, slowing their own rate of speech, and increasing their messages redundancy to promote the patients comprehension.Additionally, it is important to include the families of patients with aphasia in treatment programs. Clinicians can teach family members how to support one another, and how to adjust their speaking patterns to facilitate their loved ones treatment and rehabilitation. Prognosis
Prognosis is strongly dependent on the location and extent of the lesion (damage) to the brain. Many personal factors also influence how a person will recover, which include age, previous medical history, level of education, gender, and motivation. All of these factors influence the brains ability to adapt to change, restore previous skills, and learn new skills. It is important to remember that all the presentations of Receptive Aphasia may vary. The presentation of symptoms and prognosis are both dependent on personal components related to the individuals neural organization before the stroke, the extent of the damage, and the influence of environmental and behavioral factors after the damage occurs. The quicker a diagnosis of a stroke is made by a medical team, the more positive the patients recovery may be.