Using the IPAD for Speech Therapy at Peninsula Rehab Center
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0:02 - 0:06Byron had a stroke and lost total use of his right arm and leg.
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0:06 - 0:08Couldn't speak.
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0:08 - 0:15It's so frustrating having lived your life as an adult and now they can't communicate something as simple as
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0:15 - 0:17wanting to go to the bathroom.
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0:17 - 0:19[device] I need to go to the bathroom.
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0:19 - 0:23Forbes Hospital just recently purchased the Apple iPad
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0:23 - 0:25and we're using it for patients that have trouble communicating.
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0:25 - 0:28[Device] I had a stroke and have trouble talking.
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0:28 - 0:34We also just got certified by Proloquo2go to use it as an Augmentative Communication Device.
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0:34 - 0:36[device] I need help.
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0:36 - 0:40You use symbols, text, pictures for patients that have trouble communicating.
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0:40 - 0:43They point to certain pictures for what they want or need.
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0:43 - 0:47You have to tell your nurse "I need to go to the bathroom."
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0:47 - 0:54The nurses can understand what he wants. If he's in pain they can find something to give him.
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0:54 - 0:57If he want to go to the bathroom, they can get him out of bed.
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0:57 - 0:59He's used it now for three days
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0:59 - 1:08and he's able to use it for his drinks, food, and to express his name and where he lives.
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1:08 - 1:13He's repeating what he's hearing on this machine.
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1:13 - 1:16I want a Diet coke.
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1:16 - 1:21Just today I witnessed words that he's saying now that he hasn't said before.
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1:21 - 1:25He's saying them with such clarity, it's amazing.
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1:25 - 1:30I need to go to the bathroom.
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1:30 - 1:34I am just in awe about it. He's able to final say what he wants.
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1:34 - 1:43I'm not second guessing, trying to fill in the blanks.
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1:43 - 1:47It's a godsend basically.
- Title:
- Using the IPAD for Speech Therapy at Peninsula Rehab Center
- Description:
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Patients at Peninsula Rehab Center use the IPad to communicate with therapists and family. Proloquo software is designed for the patients to tap the creen and form sentences. This technology has opened up th lines of communication and is allowing patients to recover more easily.
- Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 01:47