Study summary

An online cough-control therapy program helped most people who finished it

Online cough therapy trial · 39 adults (30 finished) · Published August 2025, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

What was tested

A 5-week internet program teaching behavioral cough suppression, a therapy usually given by speech-language pathologists, against a healthy-lifestyle education program.

What they found

• 72% of people in the therapy group had a meaningful improvement in cough-related quality of life one week after finishing, and 76% a month later.
• People liked doing it at home.
• The study was small and more than one in five did not finish.

What it means

Brings a proven but hard-to-access therapy to people at home.