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Join Date: Nov 2011
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New Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 2
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Research on Brain Injury and LearningRx Brain Training
Hi,
I work for LearningRx and help with research. We started working with TBI about four years ago by giving a scholarship to a soldier who had lost his ability to read, had severe working memory and focus issues. We were not sure how our training programs would do but were pleasantly surprised with the results. His improvements were so great compared to what his buddies with similar TBIs were getting with digital training and speech therapy that we were approved to work with soldiers here in Colorado Springs and bill TriCare. A couple years later I headed a pilot program at Fort Lewis with 15 soldiers that had TBI, you can find results on that pilot under our results page. I am currently in the grant writing process to go through a independent validation of TBI soldiers against the current gold standard, but of course studies take time and the independent researcher I am working with thinks it will be about three years. We do have pre and post results on over 60 TBI students that went through training around the country. Two independent researchers are currently going through those results. After talking to soldiers and other TBI students I can tell you that this type of intense training made a drastic difference in their ability to focus and remember things. I have been told several times that after a TBI people feel like everything is foggy, after LearningRx training that fog went away. We have also seen great improvements for stroke victims.
The programs that we have can help anyone improve their memory, focus, speed etc. so whether they have ADHD, an LD or TBI the training can help improve better cognition. I always liken it to going to a personal trainer in the gym, no matter what your fitness level you know that the personal trainer could help improve your muscle tone after so many hours and weeks. LearningRx is like circuit training for the brain with a very good trainer guiding you through the process. Workbooks and digital (most digital) will never be intense enough to get the large results people are after.
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