Speech Training for Globle Aphasia: 9 Case Report / 中国康复理论与实践

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@#ObjectiveTo observe the speech outcome of globle aphasia after rehabilitation.Methods9 patients with globle aphasia from Dec. 2008 to June. 2010 in our hospital were assessed with the Standard Aphasia Examination of Chinese(CRRCAE) and trained using the Schuell aphasic stimulation approach, promoting aphasics communication effectiveness (PACE) and functional communication therapy (FCP).Results9 patients were disabled with their faces, 8 cases were disabled with speech. 9 cases improved in understanding, retelling, naming, and copying after speech training(P<0.05). Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE) showed 2 cases had obvious improvement, and 2 patients had mild improvement.ConclusionThe speech rehabilitation on globle aphasia is very difficult, but speech function can recover to a certain extent and the type of aphasia can tranffer after speech training, and it can raise the ability of daily exchange by combining nonspeech means.