title: An Exploratory Investigation of E-Rest: Teletherapy for Chronically Aphasic Speakers.
abstract: 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 pathologists (SLPs) to focus in-person sessions more strongly on the generalisation of therapy effects to daily life. This single subject study is an investigation whether a teletherapy application called e-REST meets the criteria of accessibility, user-friendliness, as well as effectiveness. e-REST, the teletherapy version of the Dutch and adapted Reduced Syntax Therapy, teaches chronically aphasic speakers of Dutch who experience difficulties in sentence production to convey their messages in a kind of telegraphic style. The results obtained suggest that it is reasonable to conduct a larger study into the user-friendliness, accessibility, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of e-REST.
authors: SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK, NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS; CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES, FACULTY OF ARTS, RADBOUD UNIVERSITY, NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS.
authors: Marina B
authors: MB
authors: Ruiter
authors: SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK, NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS; CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES, FACULTY OF ARTS, RADBOUD UNIVERSITY, NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS.
authors: Toni C M
authors: TC
authors: Rietveld
authors: SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK, NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS.
authors: Vera
authors: V
authors: Hoskam
authors: ICT SERVICE CENTRE (ISC), RADBOUD UNIVERSITY, NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS.
authors: Marijn M A
authors: MM
authors: VAN Beers
keywords: Agrammatism; Chronic aphasia; Telepractice; Teletherapy; e-REST