Late stage recovery (months, years post onset): degree of recovery varies greatly b/w pts (may improve, stabilise, regress). "Lang has impv to some extent, can prob write 50w, some of them small words, still had difficulty w telephone, could only talk to closest friends". "Now have thousands of words, can write 100s, though not completely, happy calling ppl, have some trouble w subtlety of lang, lang allows me to be completely independent, looking after every aspect of my life, changes have taken him from being isolated to being seen in public"