McKnight’s Senior Living March 5, 2024
An upcoming research program will examine the potential for telehealth and wearable sensors to address a specific and nasty form of aphasia.
The University of Chicago was awarded $13.2 million by the National Institutes of Health to study the disease, as part of its five-year Communication Bridge Research Program. The university recently announced the grant windfall and has begun reaching out to potential participants for a clinical trial.
Aphasia is a condition in which those affected have difficulty communicating or understanding words. Although aphasia often is a symptom of stroke, primary progressive aphasia, or PPA, is a particularly serious form of the disease.
Caused by deterioration within the frontal or parietal lobes, PPA typically occurs between the ages...
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