A Case with Wernicke's Aphasia and His Wife Treated by “Promoting Information Transmission” Therapy

Abstract

A case with Wernicke's aphasia and his wife were treated by “Promoting Information Transmission” therapy (PIT). The case was trained to select and use his more accurate methods when he transmitted to new information to his wife, namely written naming with kanji, drawing, and pointing to items, in his case. His wife was trained to verify appropriately whether her answer was that the patient wanted to transmit. The accuracy of communication was increased from 50% to 70% after 17 sesssions of the PIT.