A Digital Speech Therapy Solution for Stroke, Brain Injury and Progressive Neurological Disorders: The Cog-Neuro Mobile Speech Therapy Solution

在英国，每年有超过15万例中风和16.2万例脑损伤，相当数量的中风和脑损伤幸存者因残疾离开医院。失语症是一种由于中风或脑损伤而导致的言语和语言障碍。由于言语治疗服务的预算缩水，大多数患者不得不等待很长一段时间，通常是六个月后才能看到言语治疗师。这种延迟可能会对患者的康复潜力产生重大影响，并鼓励患者出现抑郁、焦虑和沮丧。COG Neuro Speech Treatment将与Anerin Bevan大学健康委员会和Cwm Taf大学健康委员会合作开展一个可行性项目，以调查全移动平台的潜力，该平台可以帮助失语症患者获得早期干预语言治疗。Cog-Neuro移动语言治疗解决方案将支持对患者沟通技能的评估，提供远程治疗，并为报告和设计临床路径捕获和分析数据。该平台将通过语音识别技术和增强现实技术，使用真实生活场景提供说、听、读、写和认知疗法的完整康复计划。患者将能够根据自己的兴趣或迫切的沟通需求选择方案，如接电话、点咖啡或参加全科医生预约。这项技术将能够捕获和分析有关患者进展的信息，并使临床医生能够获取这些信息。这一解决方案旨在通过早期和密集的干预，最大限度地增加成功治疗的机会。这个项目将引入一种新的方法，在入院或出院时为失语症患者提供语言治疗，并导致更好的护理提供和改善的生活质量。

In the UK, there are more than 150,000 strokes and 162,000 brain injuries every year and a significant number of Stroke and brain injury survivors leave hospital with a disability. Aphasia is a speech and language impairment that can be caused as a result of a stroke or brain damage. Due to shrinking budgets for speech therapy services, most patients have to wait long periods of time, often six months until they can see a speech therapist. This delay can have significant impact on the patient's rehabilitation potential and encourage the onset of depression, anxiety and frustration. Cog Neuro Speech Therapy will conduct a feasibility project in collaboration with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and Cwm Taf University Health Board to investigate the potential of a fully mobile platform which can facilitate access to early intervention speech therapies for patients suffering with aphasia. The Cog-Neuro Mobile Speech Therapy solution will support the assessment of the patients' communication skills, provide remote therapy, and capture and analyse data for reporting and designing clinical pathways. The platform will offer a complete rehabilitation program in speaking, listening, reading, writing and cognitive therapies using real life scenarios through speech recognition technology and augmented reality technology. Patients will be able to choose the scenarios depending on their interest or pressing communication need such as answering the phone, ordering a coffee or attending a GP appointment. The technology will have the capability to capture and analyse information on the patient's progress and make it accessible to the clinician. This solution will aim to maximise the chances of successful treatment through early and intensive intervention. This project will introduce a novel method of delivering speech therapy for patients with aphasia whilst admitted or outside of hospitals and lead to better care provision and improved quality of life.