RSL in hospital

Thanks, BeegSeestor, but that wasn't what I was thinking of.

MIT is a speech therapy technique for treating non-fluent aphasia and apraxia of speech (nothing Robert had) that involves basically singing what you want to say. It's meant to take advantage of the fact that music and language are processed in different parts of the brain. The melody and rhythm are supposed to draw on right hemisphere processes to support the disordered left hemisphere processes.

It's a cool technique, but I don't follow the research much because I'm not working in rehab. I do use a variation with some of my kiddies, though.
 
Yep,

That is exactly what my doctor used with me to get my speech back to its current, semi-normal, sounding pattern.

Using the melodic method really helps with getting rid of that typical 'stutter' sound that many equate with those who have had strokes. That pattern of speech where words come out in a seemingly haphazard timing with odd pauses and groupings of words that come out too fast, followed by long pauses.

I have to keep that trained 'beat' in my head while speaking to seem 'normal' when I speak.

You can hear my 'stroke stutter' come back when my drugs wear off and I am too tired though. The brain can only keep doing that background process for so long.... :rolleyes:

borealys said:
MIT is a speech therapy technique for treating non-fluent aphasia and apraxia of speech (nothing Robert had) that involves basically singing what you want to say. It's meant to take advantage of the fact that music and language are processed in different parts of the brain. The melody and rhythm are supposed to draw on right hemisphere processes to support the disordered left hemisphere processes.
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skepticality said:
Yep,

That is exactly what my doctor used with me to get my speech back to its current, semi-normal, sounding pattern.

Using the melodic method really helps with getting rid of that typical 'stutter' sound that many equate with those who have had strokes. That pattern of speech where words come out in a seemingly haphazard timing with odd pauses and groupings of words that come out too fast, followed by long pauses.

I have to keep that trained 'beat' in my head while speaking to seem 'normal' when I speak.

You can hear my 'stroke stutter' come back when my drugs wear off and I am too tired though. The brain can only keep doing that background process for so long.... :rolleyes:
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Susan tells me that I have long pauses when I am tired.

Someone posted a blog entry about my TAM7 speech in which the blogger said that I spoke very slowly, and wondered if it was due to the stroke. Personally, I don't notice it, but Susan assures me it is so.
 
Same exact thing happens to me as well Robert. Especially at the end of a day when my drugs wear off.

It used to be A LOT worse before my music therapy. The ideas in that were quite helpful with keeping my speech pattern 'normal' now. I didn't notice it myself, until Swoopy recorded me, so I could know what they were talking about with my doctors. :)
 
RSLancastr said:
Susan tells me that I have long pauses when I am tired.

Someone posted a blog entry about my TAM7 speech in which the blogger said that I spoke very slowly, and wondered if it was due to the stroke. Personally, I don't notice it, but Susan assures me it is so.
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It's not uncommon for people who've had right hemisphere strokes to have problems with prosody -- that is, the rate, rhythm and intonation of their speech. It's also completely normal for you not to notice it yourself.

It can be awkward when it leads people to misread your tone of voice -- even though your language skills are just fine, they can still completely misunderstand you!
 
borealys said:
It's not uncommon for people who've had right hemisphere strokes to have problems with prosody -- that is, the rate, rhythm and intonation of their speech. It's also completely normal for you not to notice it yourself.

It can be awkward when it leads people to misread your tone of voice -- even though your language skills are just fine, they can still completely misunderstand you!
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Kind of like the internet.
 
RSL's better half said:
Well, it's been over a week and still no referral. Looks like I have to begin the fight again.

There has been a significant improvement of late, though. I got up the other morning, got ready for work, got Robert dressed and in his chair, got him out to his desk, gave him breakfast and his meds, then headed off to work. When I came home at lunch, my son was at the desk. Robert had gone to bed . . . the point here is that Robert got out of the chair and into his bed all by himself! Not only that, but he had undressed himself as well! This is significant because it's the first time he's shown any real independence. He's done this a few times now, as well as trying to get himself dressed. Pants are a bit of a problem, but he's still trying. He can get them off, but getting them on with one hand and a leg he can't bend on his own is difficult. He's finding ways to do things, though, so I don't think it'll be long that he's fending for himself.
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Good news! And bless you both. :hug5

How long before he'll be in shape to fight Woo again? We need all the help we can get.
 
I second the above comments. Also glad RSL's better half is still willing to post here. Keep the updates coming!

I look forward to reading updates in stopsylvia. Note the plural.
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
Good news! And bless you both. :hug5

How long before he'll be in shape to fight Woo again? We need all the help we can get.
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I've already writn a new article, and have others already layed out in my mind.

Unfortunately Gord, it is more than a matter of my being "in shape." It is also a matter of my getting access to the existing articles and such, which are all on my old computer, which, Susan tells me, is down for the count. there are also various pieces of software on that computer which I used to create and maintain the site.

Dunn when all the ducks will be in a row again.
 
RSLancastr said:
I've already writn a new article, and have others already layed out in my mind.

Unfortunately Gord, it is more than a matter of my being "in shape." It is also a matter of my getting access to the existing articles and such, which are all on my old computer, which, Susan tells me, is down for the count. there are also various pieces of software on that computer which I used to create and maintain the site.

Dunn when all the ducks will be in a row again.
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What will it take to get your old computer up and running again? Can we help?
 
ExMinister said:
What will it take to get your old computer up and running again?
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I wish I knew, Ex-M. I haven't had access to it since I came home (it is in storage). Can we help?[/QUOTE] I appreciate the offer, but until I have tried to bring it up myself, I won;t know how much help (if any) I will need.
 
Could the forum's resident icon wizard (I forget who it is) update Robert's icon to have the StopSylvia URL?
 
Robert and Susan, dear ones, I am so sorry about all your troubles and distress - and I wish I could help. I will gladly send you both virtual hugs, but it doesn't seem much use. Far more effective to hug each other - so please do!
 
Awwww, Susan. Big ol' hugs from me.

I'm not surprised you melted down so totally. What surprises me is that you waited so long to do it. There have been so many other stressors that you've dealt with like a champ, and you've carried through with little difficulty.

You probably came undone because of all those other little things, and you were thinking that things looked like they were going well, and then to be stymied by physical things like wheelchairs and doorways was just over-the-top frustration that boiled over.

I'd bet that having got it out of your system, you'll do so much better now -- and will for a long time to come.

This whole thing has been an absolutely huge event for you, and you need to acknowledge that you've done an amazing job dealing with it, and be proud of what you've accomplished. You've done stuff that most people could not have done, and you've done it with panache that most people would not have shown.

Cuddle up with Robert, and listen to his words of comfort, and bask in your love for each other. There's nothing more special in this world.
 
When things are going well, relationships are so easy. To have this much love for each other when things are hard is positively inspirational. Wishing you both well.
 
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