'Listen-In' therapy app Improves speech in chronic aphasia: Neurology

Data analysis revealed some interesting facts.

• Thirty-five participants completed, on average, 85 hours (IQR=70-100) of Listen-In (therapy first, n=18).
• The first study-specific co-primary outcome (Auditory Comprehension Test (ACT)) showed large and significant improvements for trained spoken words over therapy versus standard care (11%, Cohen's d=1.12).
• Gains were largely maintained at 12 and 24 weeks. There were no therapy effects on the second standardised co-primary outcome (Comprehensive Aphasia Test: Spoken Words and Sentences).
• Change on ACT trained words was associated with volume of pretherapy right hemisphere white matter and post-therapy grey matter tissue density changes in bilateral temporal lobes.

"Results contribute to hemispheric debates implicating the right hemisphere in therapy-driven language recovery. Listen-In will soon be available on GooglePlay."the team concluded.

For full article follow the link: Efficacy of Spoken Word Comprehension Therapy in Patients With Chronic Aphasia: A Cross-Over Randomised Controlled Trial With Structural Imaging

J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. 2021 Mar 12;[EPub Ahead of Print], V Fleming, S Brownsett, A Krason, MA Maegli, H Coley-Fisher, YH Ong, D Nardo, R Leach, D Howard, H Robson, E Warburton, J Ashburner, CJ Price, JT Crinion, AP Leff

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