See How This Mobile App Helps Stroke Patients Recover Faster

After her stroke at age 51, Patty Geer worked with the digital therapy mobile app Constant Therapy for her rehab and recovery. Istrico Productions “I was in the hospital and thought I’d better catch up on emails. I pulled out my phone and couldn’t read a thing. The nurse told me that the stroke had affected my vision and ability to read. When they brought in flashcards, and I couldn’t name simple things like a hammer or pencil, I cried. I realized my recovery was going to have to be my work,” said Patty Geer, Director of Finance, Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport, and stroke survivor. “I was 51 and too young for the rest of my life to be over," said Geer. In June 2019, the American Heart Association released a study showing that working long hours for ten years or more is associated with stroke and that people under the age of 50 had a higher risk of stroke when they worked long hours for a decade or more. This is compounded by the trend of Americans working longer and retiring later. Digital therapeutics and neurotechnology have the power to change how stroke victims recover, but with more Americans working longer, there’s a need to put recovery directly into their hands through digital therapeutic mobile apps. For stroke survivors like Geer, getting back to work is more than a mental necessity, it becomes a financial one as well. Constant Therapy is a mobile app from digital therapeutics company, The Learning Corp . The app is designed for people who have had a brain injury or cognitive disorder to give them direct access to clinical exercises that can rebuild their cognitive, speech, and language functions. Built by neuroscientists and clinicians at Boston University in 2012, the Constant Therapy […]

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