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🤓 Improving Reading for Stroke Survivors
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You may not have opened a book, but think of all the things you've read today:
We read every day, often taking it for granted. But when something happens to our brains that disrupts that automatic process of recognizing words, reading becomes frustrating. That's why it's so important for stroke survivors to regain this critical skill. I've put together this guide to help you work on reading, from words to sentences to paragraphs, using our popular speech therapy apps.
Want Evidence-Based Treatments? Try MOR & ARCS!Multiple Oral Re-Reading is a way to achieve greater fluency in reading, simply by reading the same passage over and over again. Perfect for aphasia & apraxia. Attentive Reading & Constrained Summarization is more about understanding what you've read and being able to tell someone else - a higher-level cognitive communication skill. Both of these speech therapy protocols can be done using our Advanced Reading Therapy app. Thanks for reading! 🤓 -Megan P.S. You can try all of our reading apps for FREE! Just download the Lite versions to see how they can help. They work beautifully on both iOS and Android devices. P.P.S. If you're a speech pathologist, you can access 8 completely new reading treatments inside the Virtual Rehab Center, our new online therapy portal. Clinicians are loving our Reading Functional Materials treatment, and you will too! |
Megan @ Tactus Therapy
I'm a speech-language pathologist & co-founder of Tactus. Tactus offers evidence-based apps for aphasia therapy and lots of free resources, articles, and education - like this newsletter. Sign up to get my updates 1-2 times a month.
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