Delivering aphasia therapy via telecommunication may provide a means to deliver intensive therapy in a cost-effective way. Teletherapy, remotely-administered (language) treatment, may support the repetitive drill practices that people with chronic aphasia need to perform when learning to compensate for their lasting language difficulties. The use of teletherapy may allow speech and language pat...

BACKGROUND Therapy guidelines recommend speech and language therapy (SLT) as the "gold standard" for aphasia treatment. Treatment intensity (i.e., ≥5 hours of SLT per week) is a key predictor of SLT outcome. The scientific evidence to support the efficacy of SLT is unsatisfactory to date given the lack of randomized controlled trials (RCT), particularly with respect to chronic aphasia (lasting ...

Of note in this volume is the fact that it is dedicated to the memory of Alfred Gilman. He, along with Louis S. Goodman, wrote the first two editions of this text, and he served as an editor until his death in 1984. He will be missed by all those who knew him. Despite Dr. Gilman's untimely death and the addition of two new editors, Theodore W. Rall and Ferid Murad, the book remains unchanged in...

DESCRIPTION The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to present the evidence for the link between the use of intensive insulin therapy to achieve different glycemic targets and health outcomes in hospitalized patients with or without diabetes mellitus. METHODS Published literature on this topic was identified by using MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library. Additional artic...

introduction: in recent years, music has been employed in many intervention and rehabilitation program to enhance cognitive abilities in patients. numerous researches show that music therapy can help improving language skills in patients including hearing impaired. in this study, a new method of music training is introduced based on principles of neuroscience and capabilities of persian languag...