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COVID Recovery & Rehabilitation
Many patients experience lasting effects from COVID-19 — including brain fog, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, headaches and fatigue. Rehabilitation at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab offers a pathway to help you successfully manage long COVID symptoms — and restore your function and independence.
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Our rehabilitation experts provide specialized care to support your recovery from COVID-related impairments.
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Speech-Language Pathologist, Patient Featured in WBEZ Chicago Story about Long COVID
A recent story on WBEZ-FM, Chicago’s NPR affiliate, highlighted Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s outpatient COVID Rehabilitation Unit, which opened in 2021 to provide care for patients experiencing long COVID symptoms.
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Wall Street Journal: New Long Covid Treatments Borrow From Brain Rehab Tactics
Cognitive problems are among the most persistent and common lasting effects of Covid. Now some patients are getting help from brain rehab programs.
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Through our interdisciplinary approach, we help you recover from COVID-related impairments. Our experts partner with you to meet your needs, whether it’s teaching you strategies and techniques to manage long COVID symptoms or addressing voice and swallowing issues after hospitalization.
It’s comforting for people with long COVID to know they’re not alone. We equip patients with strategies and techniques to help them improve cognitive and physical function and regain their independence.
Clinical Trials & COVID Research
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Intensive Attention Training To Treat Brain Fog In Individuals With Long COVID
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of an attention training intervention as a potential treatment for brain fog symptoms (forgetfulness, confusion, or lack of focus) experienced by people with Long COVID.
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Research Spotlight: Cognitive Rehabilitation Improves Quality of Life for Patients with Long COVID Brain Fog
A recent study highlights the positive effects of cognitive rehabilitation in patients experiencing lingering cognitive difficulties, or “brain fog,” after experiencing COVID-19.
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Our clinicians hold the multidisciplinary expertise to support the wide range of rehabilitation needs after COVID treatment.
