Virtual Reality in Aphasia Rehabilitation

Abant Izzet Baysal University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stroke, Ischemic

Aphasia

Treatments

Other: Cue-based speech therapy in virtual reality

Other: Cue-based speech therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06200025

AIBU-FTR-BENLI-006

Details and patient eligibility

About

Virtual reality-based aphasia rehabilitation has been shown to improve the language skills of individuals with aphasia in the chronic period after stroke. However, non-immersive or semi-immersive rehabilitation methods have often been adopted in the studies. Considering the importance of the visual given to the patient for naming, it can be thought that full immersive therapy may be more effective. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of cue-based aphasia naming therapy in a fully immersive virtual reality environment on aphasia severity and aphasia-related quality of life and to compare it with standard cue treatments.

Enrollment

102 patients

Sex

All

Ages

40 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Diagnosed with non-fluent aphasia by a neurologist
at least 4 months after stroke
A score of 29 and above on the language score sub-item of the GAT scale

Exclusion criteria

severe sensory impairments (vision, hearing) that prevent participation in therapies
severe motor dysfunction
apraxia
neglect
dementia
psychiatric disorders
3D vision problems