Effectiveness of a virtual app in motor aphasia therapy
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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i7.3877Keywords:
Aphasia; Language therapy; Communication Aids for Disabled; Neuronal plasticity.Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of using a virtual application in the language therapy of a subject with non-fluent aphasia. Method: First, a virtual application based on the SVOX Brazilian Portuguese Luciana Voice system (text-voice) was created, installed on a mobile device, with Android 2.1 technology. The elaboration of this application took as a principle the sensorimotor continuity (acoustic-articulatory and visual-articulatory). The patient underwent conventional therapy for three months without the application and, later, another three months with the application. Results: In the first three months, there was an increase in more conventional gestures, favoring the subject's communication and improving the interlocutor's understanding. Nevertheless, the use of the application led to a considerable decrease in stereotypy, which caused great disruption in the subject's oral production and made it impossible to understand his speech without the use of gestures and writing, concomitantly. Conclusion: the application was efficient as a therapeutic tool to improve the subject's oral production by suppressing stereotypy.
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