Informacijsko-komunikacijska tehnologija (engl. Information and Communication Technology, ICT) u terapiji afazija primijenjena je kroz računalne programe i mobilne aplikacije koji su osmišljeni kako ...bi osobama s afazijom povećali intenzitet, a time i učinkovitost terapije i omogućili veću samostalnost kako tijekom poticanja, tako i u svakodnevnom životu. Istraživanja pokazuju da uporaba ICT-a poboljšava sposobnosti u svim jezičnim sastavnicama (fonologiji, morfologiji, sintaksi, semantici i pragmatici). Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je praćenje terapije osoba s afazijom te usporedba rezultata u zadacima imenovanja, čitanja i razumijevanja provođenjem testa prije i po završetku razdoblja logopedskog poticanja. Sudionici istraživanja su dvije osobe s afazijom, a terapija je provedena korištenjem računalnih programa Microsoft Word i Microsoft Offi ce PowerPoint 2007 te aplikacija osmišljenih u sklopu projekta ‘ICT-AAC’: Komunikator, e Galerija Senior i Glaskalica. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju napredak u svim poticanim spobnostima, osim u zadatcima slušnog razumijevanja. Iako su u istraživanju sudjelovala samo dva ispitanika rezultati mogu poslužiti kao temelj za daljnja istraživanja primjene ICT u terapiji afazija te izradu sofverskih aplikacija na hrvatskom jeziku, koji je inovativni oblik terapije jezičnih teškoća u osoba s afazijom.
Information and communication technology (ICT) is applied in the treatment of aphasia through computer programs and mobile applications which are developed in order to increase the intensity of therapy for people with aphasia and enable them to have greater independence during treatment and in everyday life. Previous studies have demonstrated the success of this type of therapy in the improvement of different language abilities (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics). The aim of this study was to monitor the therapy of people with aphasia and to compare the results from tasks of naming, reading, and comprehension by testing those abilities at the beginning and at the end of the speech and language intervention. The participants were two persons with aphasia, and the therapy was conducted using the computer programs Microsoft Word and Microsoft Offi ce PowerPoint 2007, as well as using applications developed through the project ‘ICT-AAC’: Komunikator, e-Galerija Senior and Glaskalica. The results of this study show improvement in all of the tested language abilities, except in tasks of auditory comprehension. Because of the small sample of participants, these results cannot be generalized, but they can serve as a starting point for further research on the use of ICT in aphasia therapy, as well as for the development of Croatian-language software, which provides people suffering from aphasia with a new model of treatment for language impairments.
Information and communication technology (ICT) is applied in the treatment of aphasia through computer programs and mobile applications which are developed in order to increase the intensity of ...therapy for people with aphasia and enable them to have greater independence during treatment and in everyday life. Previous studies have demonstrated the success of this type of therapy in the improvement of different language abilities (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics). The aim of this study was to monitor the therapy of people with aphasia and to compare the results from tasks of naming, reading, and comprehension by testing those abilities at the beginning and at the end of the speech and language intervention. The participants were two persons with aphasia, and the therapy was conducted using the computer programs Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, as well as using applications developed through the project 'ICT-AAC: Komunikator, e-Galerija Senior and Glaskalica. The results of this study show improvement in all of the tested language abilities, except in tasks of auditory comprehension. Because of the small sample of participants, these results cannot be generalized, but they can serve as a starting point for further research on the use of ICT in aphasia therapy, as well as for the development of Croatian-language software, which provides people suffering from aphasia with a new model of treatment for language impairments. Keywords: aphasia, information and communication technology, therapy, naming, reading, comprehension Sazetak: Informacijsko-komunikacijska tehnologija (engl. Information and Communication Technology, ICT) u terapiji afazija primijenjena je kroz racunalne programe i mobilne aplikacije koji su osmisljeni kako bi osobama s afazijom povecali intenzitet, a time i ucinkovitost terapije i omogucili vecu samostalnost kako tijekom poticanja, tako i u svakodnevnom zivotu. Istrazivanja pokazuju da uporaba ICT-a poboljsava sposobnosti u svim jezicnim sastavnicama (fonologiji, morfologiji, sintaksi, semantici i pragmatici). Cilj ovog istrazivanja bio je pracenje terapije osoba s afazijom te usporedba rezultata u zadacima imenovanja, citanja i razumijevanja provodenjem testa prije i po zavrsetku razdoblja logopedskog poticanja. Sudionici istrazivanja su dvije osobe s afazijom, a terapija je provedena koristenjem racunalnih programa Microsoft Word i Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 te aplikacija osmisljenih u sklopu projekta 'ICT-AAC': Komunikator, e-Galerija Senior i Glaskalica. Rezultati istrazivanja pokazuju napredak u svim poticanim spobnostima, osim u zadatcima slusnog razumijevanja. Iako su u istrazivanju sudjelovala samo dva ispitanika rezultati mogu posluziti kao temelj za daljnja istrazivanja primjene ICT u terapiji afazija te izradu sofverskih aplikacija na hrvatskom jeziku, koji je inovativni oblik terapije jezicnih teskoca u osoba s afazijom. Kljucne rijeci: afazija, informacijsko-komunikacijska tehnologija, imenovanje, citanje, razumijevanje
Information and communication technology (ICT) is applied in the treatment of aphasia through computer programs and mobile applications which are developed in order to increase the intensity of ...therapy for people with aphasia and enable them to have greater independence during treatment and in everyday life. Previous studies have demonstrated the success of this type of therapy in the improvement of different language abilities (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics). The aim of this study was to monitor the therapy of people with aphasia and to compare the results from tasks of naming, reading, and comprehension by testing those abilities at the beginning and at the end of the speech and language intervention. The participants were two persons with aphasia, and the therapy was conducted using the computer programs Microsoft Word and Microsoft Offi ce PowerPoint 2007, as well as using applications developed through the project ‘ICT-AAC’: Komunikator, e-Galerija Senior and Glaskalica. The results of this study show improvement in all of the tested language abilities, except in tasks of auditory comprehension. Because of the small sample of participants, these results cannot be generalized, but they can serve as a starting point for further research on the use of ICT in aphasia therapy, as well as for the development of Croatian-language software, which provides people suffering from aphasia with a new model of treatment for language impairments.
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