These COVID-19 patients started using Duolingo to help with their sluggish thinking — and neuroscience can explain why that makes sense.
found that 46 percent of long COVID-19 patients had difficulty finding words while speaking or writing, and 28.85 percent of the respondents found changes to their second or third language skills. More than 100 million people worldwide have suffered from long COVID symptoms, according to aAllison Bailey, 24, first noticed symptoms on April Fool’s Day, 2020. “I couldn’t tell anyone,” the Yale graduate says, “because I felt that they were going to think it was the worst April Fool’s joke ever.
Avi Nath, clinical director at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, says those dealing with fog or other cognitive impairments should see a specialist. “They need proper neurocognitive testing to be done by a professional,” Nath says. “That is usually a better approach than saying, ‘Oh I’m just going to do some language skill, and that’s going to solve my problem.’ That’s a bit too naïve, I think.
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