Imitation-based aphasia therapy increases narrative content: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the generalization of an intensive imitation-based aphasia therapy to an unrelated narrative production task.

Design

ABA design study (A= no treatment; B= treatment) comparing imitation therapy to a baseline condition (pre-therapy). Participants produced narratives at two pre-therapy and two post-therapy time points. Narratives were analyzed for correct information units to determine the number and percent of communicative words produced.

Setting

A rehabilitation clinic and participants' homes.

Participants

Nineteen people with chronic aphasia following left hemisphere stroke.

Interventions

Six weeks of intensive imitation therapy (3 x 30 minutes/day; 6 days/week) of words and phrases delivered via dedicated laptop.

Main measures

SUBMITTER: Duncan ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8668037 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature