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离开医院时都残疾了。失语症是一种言语和语言障碍，可能由中风或脑损伤引起。由于语言治疗服务的预算缩减，大多数患者必须等待很长时间，通常是六个月才能见到语言治疗师。这种延迟可能对患者的康复潜力产生重大影响，并鼓励抑郁、焦虑和沮丧的发作。Cog神经语言治疗将与安奈林贝文大学健康委员会和Cwm塔夫大学健康委员会合作开展一个可行性项目，以调查一个完全移动平台的潜力，该平台可以促进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途径捕获和分析数据。该平台将通过语音识别技术和增强现实技术，利用现实生活场景，提供完整的口语、听力、阅读、写作和认知治疗康复方案。患者将能够根据自己的兴趣或迫切的交流需求（如接电话、点咖啡或参加全科医生预约）选择场景。该技术将能够捕获和分析患者的进展信息，并使临床医生能够获得这些信息。这一解决方案旨在通过早期和强化干预，最大限度地提高成功治疗的机会。该项目将引入一种新颖的方法，为住院或住院外的失语症患者提供语言治疗，从而提供更好的护理，提高生活质量。

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.