Editing Aphasia (section)

==== Severity ====
The severity of the type of aphasia varies depending on the size of the stroke. However, there is much variance between how often one type of severity occurs in certain types of aphasia. For instance, any type of aphasia can range from mild to profound. Regardless of the severity of aphasia, people can make improvements due to spontaneous recovery and treatment in the acute stages of recovery.<ref name=":5">{{cite journal |vauthors=Robey RR |date=February 1998 |title=A meta-analysis of clinical outcomes in the treatment of aphasia |journal=Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=172–187 |doi=10.1044/jslhr.4101.172 |pmid=9493743}}</ref> Additionally, while most studies propose that the greatest outcomes occur in people with severe aphasia when treatment is provided in the acute stages of recovery, Robey (1998) also found that those with severe aphasia are capable of making strong language gains in the chronic stage of recovery as well.<ref name=":5" /> This finding implies that persons with aphasia have the potential to have functional outcomes regardless of how severe their aphasia may be.<ref name=":5" /> While there is no distinct pattern of the outcomes of aphasia based on severity alone, global aphasia typically makes functional language gains, but may be gradual since global aphasia affects many language areas.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}