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J4mes_bond25 Posted 19 years ago
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Speech Impairment after stroke ???

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02td		00My mother suffered from a stroke back in January and has suffered among other things linguistically. Do you know of a program of exercises one could use to help someone regain knowledge of the way all words should sound etc? We always have a very hard time understanding what she is saying unless she acts it out. Often times she gives up and looks contemplative. She honestly seems to think that we can understand her. I'm actually kind of scared to ask the speech therapist for advice. I'd like to create flashcards for her to help her practice various combinations of sounds and the reading of words that have different logistical meanings. What would you suggest?02td
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0Why are you afraid to ask the speech therapist for advice? That would be the best person to help.02br
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00I can't see that flashcards would be a lot of use.0-
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0Yes, you should most certainly take her to a speech pathologist. I'm surprised her regular doctor hasn't recommended that already!02br
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00In the meantime, music is in a different part of the brain from speech, so ask her to try to sing what she wants to say. It doesn't matter what the tune is - she can sing it to Rule Britania - but it may help. Actually, you may want to
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0I'm a Speech and Language Therapist. If your mother was taken to hospital following her stroke, she will have already been seen by an SLT, who will have started working with her to support her communication and also her safe swallowing if that has been affected by the stroke. If your mother has been discharged from hospital, she is likely to have been referred to a Neuro-Rehab unit or to a lo
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10In the meantime, music is in a different part of the brain from speech, so ask her to try to sing what she wants to say. It doesn't matter what the tune is - she can sing it to Rule Britania - but it may help. Actually, you may want to start by just having her sing or hum without trying to tell you more import
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0Hi, Lil' Ruby Rose,02br
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00I've seen music therapy tried on autistic children. But I've never understood what in those specific music pieces helps. Do you know? Thanks.0-
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0Dang, LRR, I'm glad you're on this site!02br
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00I remember this subject getting a glancing blow in a course I took, but that was 01b00cough02b00 years ago. Hopefully I didn't say anything that would be harmful? I can go back to delete the post if so.0-
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0Hi Julie Lai -02br
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00I'm afraid that I'm not really much good as a source of information about music therapy generally. There is a music therapist who works at one of the schools I work in, and I see the children on the autistic spectrum respond so clearly with pleasure when she works with them. I'm really impressed by what she does, but it's a different discipline fr
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0 I have said for the last dozen years that if I got a "do-over" in life, I would have your profession, LRR. (Or a vulcanologist. Hard to choose...) 0-
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0 I've always found speech therapy techniques to be useful with L2 learners too. I wish TEFL programs would include some basic speech therapy courses. Speech processing is something often neglected in TEFL curriculum. 0-
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