What is it about?
Can personalized speech-language therapy make a difference for people with primary progressive aphasia (PPA)? We studied 17 patients receiving individualized therapy over 6–9 months. Treatment targeted the most affected language functions, with activities adapted to each person's abilities and everyday communication needs. We observed improvements in naming non-living objects and fewer semantic errors during picture description, as well as improved repetition performance in patients with logopenic PPA.
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Why is it important?
Our findings highlight the potential value of a structured yet personalized rehabilitation approach, even in a progressive neurodegenerative condition. Although preliminary, these real-world observations encourage further research into function-led speech-language therapy for PPA.
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This page is a summary of: A Function-Led Tailored Speech-Language Intervention in Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Retrospective Observational Pre–Post Study From Routine Clinical Practice, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, October 2026, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2026_ajslp-26-00059.
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