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World Stroke Day 2024

Today is World Stroke Day. Our blog this week features some of our projects which directly relate to stroke:


CognoStroke Our project with the University of Sheffield, CognoSpeak, assesses cognitive decline by asking users to engage with a virtual agent by answering questions and completing clinically-motivated tasks and cognitive tests. The system then uses AI to extract and process speech, language, and interactional cues for cognitive decline. The system was initially developed for dementia; a new study by the researchers involved has demonstrated cognitive decline predicated on a MoCA-based threshold (classification) in the stroke survivor cohort. Further work is underway to develop a version suitable for people after stroke. Read more here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laheal.2024.01.001


Utilise We have been working with Professor Rosemary Varley at UCL for a number of years on the app for the Utilise project. The UCL researchers apply a new theory of sentence processing to aphasia (the language difficulties that can arise due to a stroke) – usage based Construction Grammar. They have developed a new therapy that may help people to understand and produce sentences. This approach focuses on every-day, common sentences so that the therapy gives people useful tools to communicate their needs and ideas. Keep up to date with the project here: https://www.cognitionandgrammar.net/blog


Scene & Heard Pro Our work, guided by the AAC RERC, in developing Scene & Heard Pro applies evidence related to visual scene displays in AAC. This approach has been used with people with aphasia after stroke. Visual scene displays use contextually relevant photos which are tagged with hotspots to support communication. Here is more about Scene & Heard Pro: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/scene-heard-pro-lifetime/id6456942124 MARS Our brand new project starting this month is particularly relevant to announce on World Stroke Day. The MARS (Machine Analysis and Reporting of Spoken Personal Stories with Aphasia) project, in collaboration with Professors Lucy Dipper and Professor Madeline Cruice at the Centre for Language and Communication Science Research at City St George’s, University of London, is dedicated to empowering individuals with aphasia to communicate personal stories more fluently. Using technology, the project, starting in October 2024, aims to provide a faster and simpler way to analyse the personal stories of people with aphasia. Professor Madeline Cruice says: “With MARS, we are not only addressing a gap in speech therapy, but we also hope to empower patients and therapists by making discourse analysis more accessible, efficient, and inclusive. This could significantly improve patient care and support more personalised, effective treatments.”



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