The Overlooked Barrier to Upper Limb Recovery: Sensory Impairment After Stroke

April 22, 2026

Original Air Date

On-Demand Webinar

Guest Speakers:

Carolyn Brown, OTD, OTR/L, CSRS

Director of StrokeOT, Inc.
Owner of Carolyn Brown OTD Mobile Therapy, LLC
Clinical Support Specialist at Saebo

Neuro specialist Carolyn Brown shares practical strategies for assessing and adapting Vivistim Paired VNS™ Therapy sessions with upper-limb sensory impairment. Learn how altered somatosensory input affects motor learning and recovery, and how sessions can be modified to preserve salience, repetition, and skilled motor practice.

Topics for Discussed

Explore somatosensory impairment’s influence on motor control and learning
Learn evidence-based interventions to address arm and hand sensory impairment
Identify strategies to adapt Paired VNS Therapy sessions when sensory impairment is present
Q & A

Carolyn Brown holds a doctorate in Occupational Therapy and has specialized in neurological rehabilitation for the past 28 years. She currently evaluates and treats Vivistim patients through her mobile therapy practice. Carolyn also directs StrokeOT Inc, a nonprofit organization that provides weekly online Vivistim classes for patients after their 6-week intensive therapy is finished. In addition, she is a clinical support specialist for Saebo.

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The Vivistim^® Paired VNS^™System (Vivistim) is intended to be used to stimulate the vagus nerve during rehabilitation therapy in order to reduce upper extremity motor deficits and improve motor function in chronic ischemic stroke patients with moderate to severe arm impairment. Do not use if you have had a bilateral or left cervical vagotomy. Risks may include, but are not limited to pain after surgery, hoarseness, bruising, swelling, coughing and throat irritation. Infection leading to explant is a risk associated with any device surgery. For full safety information, please see www.vivistim.com/safety. Individual results may vary.