ICDB 2024

Ayana Das Ramdasan speaker at International Conference on Dementia and Brain Disorders
Ayana Das Ramdasan

Aphasia Harmony Online Rehabilitation, India


Abstract:

Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or the comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Aphasia is due to injury to the brain most commonly from stroke. The aim of the study was to analyse the effect of multifaceted approach to aphasia language therapy. Participant was 32-year-old young man who was a mathematician and had stroke 2 years ago. He was non verbal and no speech output during assessment. Hindered by a financial crisis, the client refrained from attending sessions until two months ago when he enrolled in an online speech therapy program. The therapy commenced with a focus on functional communication, targeting elements such as recognizing one's name, family members, familiar objects, action verbs, and following simple verbal commands. As the client progressed, the therapeutic interventions evolved to include phonemic cues for naming and labeling functional communication pictures. Simultaneously, emphasis was placed on expressive language and naming skills through the implementation of visual action therapy, verbal network strengthening, response elaboration training, conversational coaching, and semantic feature analysis.  Within the span of two months, the client exhibited remarkable progress, shifting from an initial inability to communicate to reaching a sentence-level language proficiency. This study highlighting the effectiveness of combining various therapeutic activities. Showcasing the potential of online speech therapy as a viable solution for individuals facing barriers to rehabilitation

Biography:

Ayana Das, currently doing PhD in Aphasia from Amrita institute of medical sciences and research center, Kerala, India. Completed Masters in Audiology and speech language pathology at the age of 24 years from Marthoma institute of speech and hearing, Kerala. Founder of Aphasia Harmony online rehabilitation. She has presented more than 25 papers in various national and international conferences. Akshay P Vibin, Completed Masters in Audiology and speech language pathology at the age of 24 years from Marthoma institute of speech and hearing, Kerala, India. Founder of Aphasia Harmony online rehabilitation. He has presented more than 20 papers in various national and international conferences