visual and auditory cue-based aphasia rehabilitation program in full immersive virtual reality

visual and auditory cue-based aphasia rehabilitation program

Treatment applied with virtual reality headsets to provide 3d visual and auditory cues to individuals in a virtual environment. A treatment environment where the provision of cues can be controlled by the therapist, interacting with 3d clues and receiving feedback on the accuracy of the named objects.

Gülhane Aphasia Test-2 (GAT-2) was used to assess aphasia severity. GAT-2 is a valid and reliable test developed by Maviş et al. to evaluate aphasia and to obtain information about motor speech disorders such as dysarthria and apraxia that may accompany aphasia.

The GAT-2 consists of 7 subsections: speech fluency, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, oral-motor evaluation, automatic speech, repetition and naming. A maximum total score of 82 can be obtained and higher scores are associated with better speech function.

It is a 39-item valid and reliable scale used to assess quality of life in individuals with aphasia, which examines 4 sub-headings: physical, psychosocial, communication and energy. In 21 items of the scale, the difficulties experienced by individuals with aphasia in their activities in the last week are evaluated, and in the other 18 items, the emotional reactions and possible problems experienced by individuals in the last week are questioned.