Meikle M, Wechsler E, Tupper A, Benenson M, Butler J, Mulhall D, Stern G
Br Med J. 1979 Jul 14;2(6182):87-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6182.87.
A study of the treatment of dysphasia after stroke compared the progress of two groups of disabled patients. One received conventional treatment from qualified speech therapists and the other from non-professional volunteers. Methods of assessing communication difficulties were also compared and the impact of aphasic illness on families examined. No important differences in the results of treatment were seen between the two groups. The volunteers, however, often had to assume some of the responsibilities of social workers, and transport to hospital created practical and economic problems. It is concluded that the two forms of treatment provide essentially the same benefit, although doubt must still remain because relatively few patients were studied.
一项关于中风后言语障碍治疗的研究比较了两组残疾患者的进展情况。一组接受合格言语治疗师的传统治疗，另一组接受非专业志愿者的治疗。同时还比较了评估沟通困难的方法，并研究了失语症对家庭的影响。两组治疗结果没有明显差异。然而，志愿者常常不得不承担一些社会工作者的职责，而且前往医院的交通也产生了实际和经济问题。研究得出结论，尽管由于研究的患者相对较少仍存在疑问，但两种治疗形式基本能带来相同的益处。
