Speech and language therapy for aphasia following subacute stroke
Neural Regeneration Research, cilt.11, sa.10, ss.1591-1594, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 10
- Basım Tarihi: 2016
- Doi Numarası: 10.4103/1673-5374.193237
- Dergi Adı: Neural Regeneration Research
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1591-1594
- Anahtar Kelimeler: nerve regeneration, stroke, aphasia, speech and language therapy, disability, rehabilitation, Gulhane Aphasia Test-2, neural regeneration
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The aim of this study was to investigate the time window, duration and intensity of optimal speech and language therapy applied to aphasic patients with subacute stroke in our hospital. The study consisted of 33 patients being hospitalized for stroke rehabilitation in our hospital with first stroke but without previous history of speech and language therapy. Sixteen sessions of impairment-based speech and language therapy were applied to the patients, 30-60 minutes per day, 2 days a week, for 8 successive weeks. Aphasia assessment in stroke patients was performed with Gülhane Aphasia Test-2 before and after treatment. Compared with before treatment, fluency of speech, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, oral motor evaluation, automatic speech, repetition and naming were improved after treatment. This suggests that 16 seesions of speech and language therapy, 30-60 minutes per day, 2 days a week, for 8 successive weeks, are effective in the treatment of aphasic patients with subacute stroke.