Home-Guided Therapy to Support Recovery After Brain Injury
Individual
Overview
- Client: Mr L (male)
- Age 43
- Diagnosis: Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) – stroke and aneurysm
- Location: Home-based practice, guided subscription model
- Usage: Since May 2023 (Version 2)
- Frequency: Weekly, supported by carers and a remote speech pathologist
Following an ABI, “Mr L” required accessible, consistent therapy to support his communication recovery. With support from carers at home and a speech pathologist overseeing practice remotely, Kinephonics enabled continuity, structure, and measurable progress from the comfort of home.
Goals
- Improve social communication
- Verbally answer closed-ended questions (e.g. yes/no questions).
- Respond to questions using 1-2 word phrases.
- Follow 1-2 step instructions
- Using 2-5 word phrases in automatic speech tasks (e.g. music).
- Repeat target words and phrases modelled by his carer
Solution
Kinephonics is a part of Mr L’s weekly care routine, with coordinated involvement from his care team and speech pathologist.
How It Works:
- Each Friday afternoon, carers record one video session using the platform
- A speech pathologist reviews each session and sends a detailed feedback email
- Feedback includes:
- Motor activity tracking and movement analysis
- Highlights of what Mr L did well
Suggestions and new tasks for the upcoming session - Clinicians use the platform to create and assign new content tailored to his goals
Key features used
- Entrainment tool These biofeedback strategies (visual, audio, tactile) help to increase client engagement and optimise therapy outcomes. It also promotes repetition as the client can press the K button to listen back to target phrases.
- Content library includes music and everyday functional tasks (e.g. personal recounts, emotions).
- Personalised content custom tasks are regularly created by the clinician and carers to target the client’s goals in a functional and personalised way.
- Review space used for monitoring and feedback and to provide a digital record of session progress.
- Reporting weekly email feedback provides insights into client progress and session planning for at-home intervention.
- Village coordination between clinicians and support workers facilitates client-centred practice and improved accessibility to speech pathology services.
Results
- In November 2024, mr L produced a 7-word functional phrase with carer support:
- “I like to play soccer and sing.”
- Mr L engages in weekly sessions and enjoys singing and chatting about topics of interest with his carers.
- Sample language from recent sessions includes both conversational and musical phrases.
Outputs
06/12/2024 6:19 pm
jingle bell rock
27/11/2024 6:35 pm
I want to eat my dinner soon
09/11/2024 11:18 am
i went to coldplay concert on wednesday
09/11/2024 11:06 am
i like to play soccer and sing
30/10/2024 6:50 pm
everybody, summertime love… be my lover, be my baby…
21/08/2024 5:55 pm
Today I exercised a lot… I destroy the green frog
Insights & Learnings
- Home-based practice allows for flexibility as sessions are conducted as part of his routines.
- Feedback loops between carers and clinicians ensures frequent progress updates whilst also creating space for carer feedback and insights to optimise intervention.
- The incorporation of music and interests ensures intervention is personalised and engaging.
- The platform allows Mr L to receive intervention from familiar people (delegated model of care) while clinicians can monitor his progress and plan sessions remotely. It serves as a digital record of
- Mr L’s goals, activities and progress.
Weekly reporting supports ongoing goal-setting and adapts therapy as needs evolve. - The platform tracks a client’s body movement and the readability score of the content in the text box. This provides additional insight and metrics into how the client develops over time and across different session goals and outcomes.
Waiting for a speech therapist?
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Getting access to a speech pathologist can take weeks or even months. Kinephonics can help bridging that gap.
With therapist-approved tools and built-in tracking, the platform helps individuals begin learning straight away. And when your appointment arrives, your speech pathologist will have detailed reports and insights to hit the ground running.
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