
Rasha Sami
Espitalia for Medical Services, EgyptPresentation Title:
Multimodal approaches in language therapy for children with developmental language delay: enhancing engagement and outcomes using Let’s Learn Program
Abstract
Purpose: The current
study used Let's Learn, an Arabic computer-based program designed for Egyptian
children with delayed language development, to compare language outcomes
between two groups of children with delayed language development. In one group,
multimodal computer-based therapy was used along with speech therapy; in the
other, speech therapy was used alone.
Methods: Thirty
children with delayed language development were divided into two groups.
Each received language therapy for 6 months, one with conventional language
therapy and the other with a combination of the Let's Learn Program and
traditional therapy.
Results: The group
that received combined therapy showed significant language improvement in all
language parameters with a higher amplitude of change than the group that
received conventional therapy.
Conclusion: Combining multimodal,
computer-based programs with traditional therapy of language provides more
significant improvement in language therapy outcomes in terms of receptive,
expressive, and total language skills.
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