None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Reading is a significant part of our everyday lives. Reading is needed for work, for home life, e.g. reading bills and for pleasure, e.g. reading a novel or reading aloud to grandchildren. The loss of the ability to read as a result of a stroke can therefore have a devastating impact on people’s lives. There is therefore a significant need to find reading therapy approaches that are effective. This project will determine the effectiveness of reading therapy delivered at Curtin University Reading Clinic (CURC) for people who have mild-moderate reading difficulties after stroke. Fifteen participants will be recruited to take part in the study. Assessments will be conducted pre and post therapy in order to determine effectiveness. Gains will be measured in terms of reading accuracy, reading comprehension, reading speed, verbal language, reading confidence and emotions associated with reading. Additional qualitative data regarding identity as ‘a reader’ and participation in reading related activities will also be collected via a post-therapy interview. Therapy will focus on functional reading and use materials selected by the participants e.g. a novel they wish to read. The therapy approach will be individualised depending on the participant’s own goals and the profile of their reading difficulties. We hypothesise that the reading therapy delivered by CURC will result in similar gains to those found with the participants in Cocks et al., 2013 and Cocks et al., 2010. These include significant, positive improvements in: reading comprehension, reading accuracy, reading speed, improved verbal language, pleasure in reading, confidence with reading and participation in reading related activities.
Interventions
Therapy will be tailored to the individual participant. It will focus on reading material of the participant’s choice. Goals will be determined with the client and the therapy will be tailored to meet those goals. The client’s reading profile will influence the therapy approach adopted. Methods used will be similar to those used at the City University London Reading Clinic including highlighting words, using mind maps, creating summaries of chapters on post-it notes etc. Participants will at
Therapy will be tailored to the individual participant. It will focus on reading material of the participant’s choice. Goals will be determined with the client and the therapy will be tailored to meet those goals. The client’s reading profile will influence the therapy approach adopted. Methods used will be similar to those used at the City University London Reading Clinic including highlighting words, using mind maps, creating summaries of chapters on post-it notes etc. Participants will attend 12-13 therapy sessions, 1 session per week for 1 hr. Ideally, all participants would have been seen at the student clinic but the student clinic only has capacity for 10 clients and only runs one day a week, in order to increase the numbers of clients that could be seen at the clinic and increase the flexibility of the days that therapy is offered we sought funding for a research assistant to see an additional 5 participants. There will be no difference in the type of therapy that will be provided by the students and the research assistant.
Sponsors
Curtin University
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants will have reading difficulties associated with impaired language or cognition as a result of stroke.
Exclusion criteria
English not primary language, reading difficulties primarily due to perceptual difficulties. Less than 6 months post-stroke.
Outcome results
None listed