Constant Therapy, a digital health company specializing in speech-language therapy, is collaborating with Burke Rehabilitation to launch an AI-powered post-acute speech therapy program for patients with stroke, brain and other neurological conditions.
The care model will leverage the Constant Therapy digital platform, incorporating advanced AI technologies, to provide users with 24/7 access to personalized speech, language and cognitive therapies.
Along with Burke's one-on-one outpatient rehabilitation, the AI-driven care model aims to support neurological patients' recovery goals and improve their clinical outcomes.
Additionally, Burke patients will be prescribed three months of complimentary unlimited access to the Constant Therapy mobile app, enabling patients to maintain engagement with their speech therapy and cognitive therapy programs outside of scheduled clinical visits.
The collaboration comes in the wake of a small-scale pilot inside Burke's intensive comprehensive aphasia program, where participants used Constant Therapy along with traditional multidisciplinary rehabilitation.
According to the company, more than half of the participants achieved statistically significant gains, improving by more than "5.03 points on the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R), with an average increase of 8.9 points."
Participants in the pilot included people recovering from stroke and traumatic brain injury.
The WAB-R test evaluates linguistic skills affected by aphasia and key non-linguistic skills, providing differential diagnosis data.
"We at Constant Therapy are excited to join forces with Burke Rehabilitation, a nationally acclaimed leader in patient care," Veera Anantha, cofounder and CEO of Constant Therapy, said in a statement.
"By integrating our AI technology, Burke is setting a new standard in speech therapy and cognitive rehabilitation unmatched in New York."
THE LARGER TREND
In April, Constant Therapy announced that it added Spanish and Indian English language editions, providing Spanish and Indian English speakers recovering from a stroke or traumatic brain injury, or living with aphasia, apraxia, dementia and other neurological conditions, access to Constant Therapy's library of evidence-based, culturally and linguistically tailored cognitive rehabilitation exercises.
Other companies in the speech therapy space include Expressable, which in 2024 announced it secured $26 million in Series B funding.
The company offers virtual care sessions that allow patients and families to connect with a licensed and certified speech therapist tailored to their specific needs.
The platform also offers secure therapist texting services, educational videos and weekly homework assignments. Adults and children can receive care from the platform.
In addition, the service caters to several conditions, including language disorders, speech delays, aphasia, stuttering and autism spectrum disorder.
In 2023, Great Speech announced that it is an in-network provider within the TRICARE West Region through Health Net Federal Services and is extending its offerings to military service members and their families.
Great Speech offers children and adults, including Medicare members, virtual therapy services for articulation and phonology, executive function, language disorders, Parkinson's disease, stroke rehabilitation, aphasia and traumatic brain injury.
