Aplicativo de terapia de fala gamificado para pacientes com apraxia de fala pós AVC

Abstract

The World Health Organization estimates that there are more than 110 million people with stroke sequelae. Among speech sequelae, acquired apraxia of speech is one of the most frequent, mainly affecting individuals’ communication, requiring a long period of rehabilitation in clinical environments with professional monitoring. This work proposed a gamified speech therapy application with different levels of complexity, where people with post-stroke speech sequelae will be able to continue their therapy outside the clinics, shortening the treatment period. The software was managed using the Scrum methodology and created with Flutter, a multiplatform development tool programmed in the Dart language, together with Firebase, which provides a robust backend infrastructure. In the end, the application was validated with apraxic patients and speech therapists, to determine the effectiveness of the solution, which aims to improve the patient’s quality of life after a stroke.