Blanca Fuentes

Blanca Fuentes Gimeno
Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ (La Paz University Hospital-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid
Project leader

DUbbing Language-therapy CINEma-based in Aphasia post-Stroke. A feasibility cross-over pilot-trial.

• Nereida Bueno Guerra
  Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid

• Paloma Blanco
  Afasia Activa, Madrid

Functional communication is one of the most important predictors of social reintegration after a stroke. However, approximately 15-42 % of stroke survivors experience poststroke aphasia. Aphasia is a language disorder that affects speech production and understanding, reading and writing. Hence, aphasia is associated with long-term disability, drastically reducing the quality of life. Helping people recover from aphasia has been identified as one of the top 10 research priorities after stroke. Our aim is to contribute to increase patient’s quality of life developing a therapy based on dubbing scenes from a popular TV series. Dubbing is stimulating and it comprises most components of speech. From the very beginning of the project we have included the voice of the people with aphasia in our project, including the clinical trial design, the words to be dubbed in the proposed therapy and joint collaboration in the work package focused on dissemination, social engagement and knowledge transfer.

Blanca Eulalia Fuentes Gimeno is the head of Section of the Stroke and Hospitalization Unit of the Neurology Service of the La Paz University Hospital. She is also an Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid. She is a researcher of the Neurology and cerebrovascular diseases research group of the IdiPAZ research institute. Dra. Fuentes has carried out numerous research activities, and she is author of several publications. She has also participated in editorial boards of journals and in committees and study groups (Spanish Society of Neurology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid Association of Neurology, European Stroke Organization and World Stroke Organization). (Read full CV here and here).

My main research interests are in the field of stroke from a translational approach: the development of new therapies in acute stroke (reperfusion and brain repair, including stem cell therapy), the influence of diabetes and post-stroke hyperglycaemia on the ischemia-reperfusion brain damage, how to ensure access and equity in acute stroke care, stroke prevention, and how to improve the management of post-stroke complications (mainly aphasia).

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