Telerehabilitation of Anomia in Primary Progressive Aphasia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The efficacy of telerehabilitation-based treatment for anomia has been demonstrated in post-stroke aphasia, but the efficacy of this method of anomia treatment delivery has not been established within the context of degenerative illness.

Aims

The current study evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of a telerehabilitation-based approach to anomia treatment within the three subtypes of primary progressive aphasia (PPA).

Methods & procedures

Each of the three telerehabilitation participants represented a distinct subtype of PPA. Following a baseline evaluation of language and cognition, a phonological treatment and an orthographic treatment were administered to all participants over the course of six months. One month after the end of treatment, a post-treatm

SUBMITTER: Meyer AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4831866 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature