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Trouble Talking - The Realities of Communication, Language, and Speech Disorders (Hardcover)
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Trouble Talking - The Realities of Communication, Language, and Speech Disorders (Hardcover)
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The ability to speak is an important part of human interaction. In
this book, a glimpse into the lived realities of 37 adults and 3
children with communication disorders whose humanism is somewhat
compromised by their speech, language, or voice disorders is
offered in humorous and heartbreaking detail. The patient's
struggle to communicate is often matched by their listeners, who
are struggling to understand. Stories are presented of patients
treated in medical settings for such problems as aphasia, dementia,
Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and
other CNS diseases, apraxia, and head trauma. Other stories look at
people who were treated in university clinics for such disorders as
cerebral palsy and stuttering. The last few stories look at
speech/voice treatment for a transgender woman, the loss of voice
in a young man in a state penitentiary, and finally a humorous
story of a pilot with left hemiplegia flying the author. Seasoned
specialist Daniel Boone does not offer therapy suggestions for
either the SLP or the patient's family or friends to try. Rather,
for anyone with a communication disorder, he strongly recommends
that such patients should seek the guidance and therapy of an
ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist (SLP). The SLP
determines what to do in therapy and practice. The stories
illustrate the struggles of those who cannot always make their
listeners understand. They may only be able to repeat the same
phrase over and over. They may not be able to articulate words
clearly enough to be understood. They may give bizarre, confusing
answers to everyday questions. Taken together, they also illustrate
the difficulties listeners, those who wish to understand, have in
trying to make heads or tails of the intended communication.
Ultimately, this work provides a sensitive look at the various
disorders people have, their attempts to overcome them, the
treatments that might be available, and the actions listeners can
take in making communication easier and more productive.
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