Speech therapy for treatment of adults with primary progressive aphasia
HAYES, Inc.
Record ID 32016000967
English
Authors' recommendations:
Description of Technology: Speech therapy is effective for patients with acquired aphasia (e.g., after a stroke). Speech therapy in patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and other forms of aphasia should be tailored to the needs of the patient, the caregiver, and the progression of the patient's underlying disease. Speech therapy is necessarily subjective, and the selection of activities during therapy is influenced by the speech-language pathologist's hypothesis about the type and level of the patient's impairments. Evaluation of the efficacy of speech therapy for patients with PPA and other forms of anomia often focuses on both maintenance of the effects of treatment and generalization to other language tasks. Frequent and repetitive therapy is required to benefit patients with PPA. Several studies have shown benefit for repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation or transcranial direct current stimulation on language function in patients with acquired
impairments of speech, and a limited number of studies have evaluated these techniques in patients with PPA.
Patient Population: Speech therapy has been evaluated in adults with PPA.
Clinical Alternatives: There are no approved medical disease-modifying treatments for patients with PPA. Pharmacological interventions are of limited value, and include galantamine, memantine, amphetamine, bromocriptine, and modafinil. Other indirect interventions include cognitive training, physical exercise, music therapy, reminiscence therapy, computer-assisted interventions, spaced-retrieval training, Montessori-based interventions, simulated-presence therapy, modifications to the environment, and communication strategies for caregivers.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2016
URL for published report:
The report may be purchased from: http://www.hayesinc.com/hayes/crd/?crd=46166
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
United States
MeSH Terms
- Humans
- Adult
- Aphasia, Primary Progressive
- Brain
- Speech Therapy
Contact
Organisation Name:
HAYES, Inc.
Contact Address:
157 S. Broad Street, Suite 200, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA. Tel: 215 855 0615; Fax: 215 855 5218
Contact Name:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Contact Email:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Copyright:
2014 Winifred S. Hayes, Inc
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