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Beartrap - I’ve done a little more digging on recovering from TBI, which is possible because of the brain’s inherent neuroplasticity. It seems like the brain can regain function that was lost due to injury or stroke, including regaining the use of paralyzed arms or legs as well as regaining the ability to speak, in ways that are beyond what I would have thought is possible.

Here’s a link to one of the main guys who worked out some techniques (Edward Taub and constrain-induced movement therapy)
https://www.uabmedicine.org/patient-care/treatments/ci-therapy


I found out about his work from a book I bought on neuroplasticity - pretty amazing stories of recovery from a wide variety of issues due to the brain’s ability to change. The book comes very highly recommended
https://www.amazon.com/Brain-That-Changes-Itself-Frontiers/dp/0143113100/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545275884&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=the+brain+that+changes+itself+norman+doidge+md&dpPl=1&dpID=51XPRAl0GvL&ref=plSrch

I did a search for “learning how to speak after brain injury” and saw a lot of interesting links. The first one was posted by a guy who had a severe brain injury and relearned to speak and swallow as well as regain use of a paralyzed arm:
https://adventuresinbraininjury.com/relearning-speak-brain-injury-power-speech-language-pathology/

Hope the helps!