He knew that his insurance would only pay for 10 treatment sessions, and he wasn't going to regain sufficient language skills in that time to get back to work. His wife was overwhelmed, trying to pick up the pieces, while at the same time constantly supervising Rudy. He was paralyzed on his left side, and had taken several falls at home, trying to get to things he couldn't ask for by name. During a typically frustrating session, his therapist suggested trying some computer activities. She hoped he could learn to do them independently, so that he could be working on his speech while his wife attended to the business. With any luck, it might solve two problems: it would provide therapy beyond the 10 allotted sessions, and hopefully keep Rudy safely seated in his wheelchair. Rudy resisted at first: "I hate those things." But he agreed to try. He started out with Aphasia Tutor 1, and quickly learned to use the keyboard to choose answers in a picture-word matching task. He was delighted by his independence with the program. He then tried Sights and Sounds, and again quickly learned to use the program himself. He began naming pictures, and delighted in hearing himself pronounce words correctly. When his first try wasn't perfect, he would practice over and over until he could get it right. Suddenly, he turned to the therapist, beaming, and said, "I think I could do this at home." His wife was trained in how to adjust different options of the software, to gradually increase the challenge. For example, in Sights and Sounds, Rudy found it pretty easy to read printed words out loud, but needed to progress to naming the picture without the word displayed below. At the last session, Rudy's wife was excitedly planning to take pictures of all their business contacts and projects to make custom drills for Rudy... * not his real name - Motivates the survivor because it's interactive, and allows them to work independently at their own pace. It also provides encouraging feedback.
- Provides drill work that a therapist often can't provide.
Survivors often reach temporary plateaus in their recovery. To get past a plateau, they need a lot of drill work at the same level. But Drill work is not covered by insurance because Insurance companies do not believe it requires the skills of a licensed therapist, so therapists usually can't provide that drill work therapy.
- Can help extend speech therapy
If a survivor's progress is not consistently, measurably improving, insurance companies will often end therapy. Bungalow Software's programs improve progress to help prevent the insurance company from terminating therapy. (Click here for more information on the "Therapy Plateau" and why it can end therapy.)
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