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1. READER RESPONSE

Just wanted you to know that I received your NeuroNewsletter and I appreciate a lot.

Alejandra Jimenez O'Farr
Mexico City, Mexico

 

 

 

2. ON THE WEB:
   The deaf stroke project
   http://www.city.ac.uk/deafstrokes/

The Deaf Stroke Project is researching therapy options for deaf stroke survivors. This project will look at what service provision and therapy is needed for Deaf people with stroke.

If you know someone who has had a stroke and is deaf, contact them for more information.

Deaf Stroke Project

City University

Department of Language and Communication Science

Northampton Square

London EC1V 0HB

Fax: 0171 477 8577

E-mail: j.r.atkinson@city.ac.uk

 

 

3. FEATURED PROGRAM
   Aphasia Tutor Package Discount

LANGUAGE SKILLS DECLINE AFTER THERAPY ENDS

Stroke recovery takes a lot of therapy. Unfortunately, insurance companies are providing less and less therapy coverage, leaving many patients with no option but to sit at home and watch T.V. Clinical studies* show that, without some therapy practice, patients' language-skills decline.

*Clinical study data is available on the web at:

http://www.BungalowSoftware.com/efficacy.htm

HOME THERAPY CAN HELP

"Between the Speech therapists and the Bungalow Software, my husband John is doing so well that he is able to communicate his wants and needs by speech

The speech therapists said that Bungalow's therapy software has helped John progress to this level of speech."

-Marie Ritchie, caregiver, and wife

READ MORE SUCCESS STORIES at:

HTTP://www.BungalowSoftware.com/saying.htm

 

Bungalow Software's Aphasia Tutor series of programs helps stroke and brain injury survivors REGAIN LANGUAGE SKILLS. They restore such skills as

• WORD RETRIEVAL
• SPEECH
• READING and WRITING.

These programs were presented at the 1999 Speech therapy conference (ASHA.

 

WHAT MAKES BUNGALOW SOFTWARE SO EFFECTIVE?

1. A large variety of difficulty levels ensure the patient is *challenged* but will succeed.
2. Therapy practice WHEN and WHERE you want for HOW LONG you want.
3. Immediate feedback and hints guarantee the patient never gets "stuck" or confused.
4. Nearly unlimited use, with over 2,200 questions
5. Economical, costing roughly $5.00 per hour of use.

 

TRY THEM FREE!

HTTP://www.BungalowSoftware.com/downloadfiles.htm

FOR MORE INFORMATION point your browser to

http://www.BungalowSoftware.com/aphasia_pack.htm

 

SAVE $180.00 by mentioning this newsletter

You can purchase the whole Aphasia Tutor series (5 programs (#0 through #4) regular price $577.00) for just $397.00.

 

To order, call Bungalow Software(540) 951-0623 weekdays. Or visit the Bungalow website:

HTTP://www.BungalowSoftware.com/ordering.htm

 

 

 

 

1. RECOVERY RESOURCE
   Painless Electrical Stimulus Helps Restore Hand Movement For Stroke Patients

GAINESVILLE, Fla.---Leslie McClellan, 68, could barely hold an empty soft drink can with his left hand years after a stroke affected his left side. Forget about picking up a piece of paper or grasping a pencil - or, worse yet, preparing meals.

Now he can anchor a piece of steak with a fork to cut it and once again clutch an apple.

The turnabout came after McClellan participated in a University of Florida study that used a slight electrical current to painlessly stimulate the muscles of his arm. Scientists say this could revolutionize the way patients are treated in the months and years after a stroke, a leading cause of motor disability.

READ the rest of online at:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/06/000626144824.htm

A very sophisticated stimulus system (The AutoMove 800) is available from Stroke Recovery Systems, Inc. Info is available at:

http://www.strokeaid.com/

 

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SPEECH-PATHOLOGISTS :
Are you curious about private practice?

www.private-practice.com

Thinking of going into business for yourself? You’re just a click away from getting your questions answered!

FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT:

http://www.private-practice.com/

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2. CLINICIAN'S CORNER
   FREE Email and SLP resources.
   YourName@SpeechPathologist.org

http://www.speechpathologist.org/

This website has lots of resources for speech therapists, including:

• Job postings
• Continue Ed. Course listings
• Message boards and chat for SLPs
• FREE web-based email, and much more.

FYI, the great benefit of web-based email is that you can access it from ANYWHERE and if you move or change jobs, your email doesn't change.

 

1. HUMOR AND INSPIRATION

This is a thoughtful, insightful poem my father-in-law sent my wife.

LISTEN

When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving advice you have not done what I asked.

When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel that way -

you are trampling on my feelings.

When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem.

Listen! All I ask was that you listen, not to talk or do- just hear me.

And I can do for myself; I'm not helpless, maybe discouraged and faltering, but not helpless.

When you do something for me that I can and need to do for myself, you add to my fear and weakness.

But, when you accept as a simple fact that I do feel what I feel, no mater how irrational, then I can quit trying to convince you and get about the business of understanding what's behind this irrational feeling.

And when that's clear, the answers are obvious and I don't need advice. Irrational feelings make sense when we understand what's behind them.

Perhaps that's why prayer helps, sometimes, for some people because God is mute, and he doesn't give advice or try to fix things. He just listens and lets you work it out for yourself.

So, please listen and just hear me. And if you want to talk, wait a minute for your turn, and I'll listen to you.