Abstract
YouTube (http://youtube.com) is a free video sharing website that allows users to post and view videos. Although there are definite limitations in the applicability of this website to telerehabilitation, the YouTube technology offers potential uses that should not be overlooked. For example, some types of therapy, such as errorless learning therapy for certain language and cognitive deficits can be provided remotely via YouTube. In addition, the website’s social networking capabilities, via the asynchronous posting of comments and videos in response to posted videos, enables individuals to gain valuable emotional support by communicating with others with similar health and rehabilitation challenges. This article addresses the benefits and limitations of YouTube in the context of telerehabilitation and reports patient feedback on errorless learning therapy for aphasia delivered via videos posted on YouTube.
Highlights
YouTube® is a video sharing website that allows anyone to post videos online for viewing
This article addresses the benefits and limitations of YouTube in the context of telerehabilitation and reports patient feedback on errorless learning therapy for aphasia delivered via videos posted on YouTube
The clinician will still be required to choose appropriate therapy tasks, set the therapy stimuli at the appropriate difficulty level, and track patient progress over time. The bulk of this therapy could be delivered via a video of errorless therapy stimuli created by the clinician and uploaded to YouTube for the patient to access on their own time and complete independently at home or wherever they have access to a computer with an Internet connection. This model was piloted by the authors to test real world feasibility and to provide increased amounts of therapy to a patient with moderate level of anomia following a cerebrovascular accident
Summary
Abstr act YouTube (http://youtube.com) is a free video sharing website that allows users to post and view videos. There are definite limitations in the applicability of this website to telerehabilitation, the YouTube technology offers potential uses that should not be overlooked. Some types of therapy, such as errorless learning therapy for certain language and cognitive deficits can be provided remotely via YouTube. The website’s social networking capabilities, via the asynchronous posting of comments and videos in response to posted videos, enables individuals to gain valuable emotional support by communicating with others with similar health and rehabilitation challenges.
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