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- The study evaluated a home-based, computer-delivered intervention aimed at improving conversational skills in adults with aphasia, focusing on patient-reported communication difficulties.
- Twenty participants received training in creating personalized conversational scripts and engaged in 9 weeks of intensive computer practice, monitored by a speech-language pathologist.
- Results showed a significant decrease in reported communication difficulties, indicating potential benefits of this intervention, though further research is needed to validate its effectiveness.
Article Abstract
Objective: To evaluate changes in patient-reported communication difficulty after a home-based, computer-delivered intervention designed to improve conversational skills in adults with aphasia.
Design: Delayed treatment design with baseline, preintervention, postintervention, and follow-up observations.
Setting: Outpatient rehabilitation.
Participants: Twenty subjects with chronic aphasia.
Interventions: Sessions with the speech-language pathologist to develop personally relevant conversational scripts, followed by 9 weeks of intensive home practice using a computer program loaded on a laptop, and weekly monitoring visits with the speech-language pathologist.
Main Outcome Measure: Communication Difficulty (CD) subscale of the Burden of Stroke Scale (BOSS).
Results: The intervention resulted in a statistically and clinically significant decrease of 6.79 points (P=.038) in the CD subscale of the BOSS during the intervention, maintained during the follow-up period.
Conclusions: The findings of this study provide positive albeit preliminary and limited support for the use of a home-based, computer-delivered language intervention program for improving patient-reported communication outcomes in adults with chronic aphasia. Additional research will be required to examine the efficacy and effectiveness of this intervention.
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