[Computer-assisted speech training for aphasic patients--STACH and WEGE--in a self-help group]

Reported is our experience with two computer programmes for aphasic people (language loss after stroke). The STACH and WEGE programmes combine data banks of written language, pictures, and auditory speech output (delta modulation/Audicard 300 E by Speech Design, Munich) using MS-DOS. Special attention is given to the social environment, the patients' families and the context of self-help groups, who show great interest in this new facility for speech-training.