Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC)
Optimising the lives of people with Aphasia
Stimulating aphasia recovery with daily music listening
Our aims were to:
- Design a music listening application.
- Test a music listening application.
- Explore the use of the music listening application and how to use music listening within early aphasia recovery.
Who was involved
Adults living in the community with post-stroke aphasia.
What we did
- Designed and built a music listening application with people who have aphasia.
- Tested and developed the music listening application with people who have aphasia.
- Interviewed people who used the music listening application.
Background
- Listening to music daily has benefits for the recovery of language for people with aphasia.
- Access to music is greatly diminished post-stroke.
- There have been no studies that have provided an accessible and usable music listening application for people with post-stroke aphasia.
What did this research find?
- Music listening is enjoyed by people with post-stroke aphasia.
- A purpose-built music listening application supports the confidence, independence and autonomy of people with post-stroke aphasia.
- Music listening can be applied within early post-stroke aphasia recovery.