iPractice: Piloting the Effectiveness of a Tablet-Based Home Practice Program in Aphasia Treatment
iPractice: Piloting the Effectiveness of a Tablet-Based Home Practice Program in Aphasia Treatment
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DOI：
10.1055/s-0033-1362991
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发表时间：
2014-02-01
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通讯作者：
Stokes, Polly
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作者：
Kurland, Jacquie;Wilkins, Abigail R.;Stokes, Polly
目前的研究调查了基于iPad （Apple Inc., Cupertino， CA）的家庭练习项目的有效性，该项目在2周的强化语言治疗后实施，用于维持和增加慢性中风后失语症患者的治疗效果。最初的8名参与者中有5人完成了为期6个月的家庭练习项目，在这个项目中，他们自主地练习检索物体和动作的单词。在治疗过程中，这些单词中有一半经过了训练，另一半没有经过训练。练习包括命名对抗，从视频模型中重复，以及在iPad上呈现的图片/文字匹配等任务。所有参与者在强化治疗期间都保持了词汇训练的进步，并且能够在6个月的时间里每天练习学习新单词。iPad和其他平板设备在个性化的家庭实践中具有很大的潜力，可以维持和增强传统的失语症康复。似乎使用技术的动机和适当的培训比年龄、失语症的类型或严重程度或先前的计算机经验更重要。
The current study investigated the effectiveness of a home practice program based on the iPad (Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA), implemented after 2 weeks of intensive language therapy, for maintaining and augmenting treatment gains in people with chronic poststroke aphasia. Five of eight original participants completed the 6-month home practice program in which they autonomously practiced retrieving words for objects and actions. Half of these words had been trained and half were untrained during therapy. Practice included tasks such as naming to confrontation, repeating from a video model, and picture/word matching presented on an iPad. All participants maintained advances made on words trained during the intensive treatment and additionally were able to learn new words by practicing daily over a 6-month period. The iPad and other tablet devices have great potential for personalized home practice to maintain and augment traditional aphasia rehabilitation. It appears that motivation to use the technology and adequate training are more important factors than age, aphasia type or severity, or prior experience with computers.