Aphasia
Conditions
Keywords
telerehabilitation, aphasia, speech therapy, rehabilitation device, visual action therapy, naming drills
Brief summary
The study will invite 30 patients to join, and they will be arranged in the face to face group and telerehabilitation group randomly. In the telerehabilitation group, the investigators use the mobile device, which with the camera and speaker, for patients to practice the naming training at home, and assess the speech ability every 2-4weeks by speech therapist via telerehabilitation platform. Concise Chinese Aphasia Test (CCAT) and ASHA FACS conceptual framework Test will be used as the assessment tool for evaluation speech ability and functional ability. The investigators expect that patients can improve their speech ability, functional ability, and quality of life via telerehabilitation speech therapy. And the investigators can establish the standard telerehabilitation speech therapy protocol for aphasia therapy.
Interventions
PROCEDURESmart Phone Based Assistive Speech Therapeutic System
use the mobile device, which with the camera and speaker, for patients to practice the naming training at home, and assess the speech ability every 2-4weeks by speech therapist via telerehabilitation platform. Concise Chinese Aphasia Test (CCAT) will be used as the assessment tool for evaluation speech ability and functional ability.
PROCEDUREMobile phone-based tele rehabilitation program
Mobile phone-based tele rehabilitation program
Sponsors
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients diagnosed as aphasia
Exclusion criteria
* poor auditory comprehension
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Concise Chinese Aphasia Test | monthly changes within 3 months |
Outcome results
None listed