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Saturday, November 30, 2013
Def'n: Dysarthria (Motor Speech Disorders)
Dysarthria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See as well: Ataxia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - (from Greek α- [a negative prefix] + -τάξις [order] = "lack of order"), is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements.
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| Human Vocal Tract Manner of Articulation |
Saturday Comics
Note:
1) For Better and For Worse - Grandpa Jim had a stroke and Lynn Johnston told 1 to 88 comic strips what happened to him. He died at 89 years old. SSTattler told this last week is the end of Grandpa Jim. Please see FBaFW 2008-08-31 below.
2) BTW it is the real story and you can read it about "A Real-Life Experience -- Lynn Johnston".
| For Better and For Worse Lynn Johnston - 2008-08-31  "Jim passed away at the age 89..." | Dilbert Scott Adams - 2013-11-29  "The government in your browser history as firewall against Elbonian hackers!" |
Garfield Jim Davis - 2013-11-25  "Good morning, Mr. Grumpy!" | Betty Delainey & Rasmussen - 2013-11-28  "He passed out..." |
*For Better and For Worse" is a serious topic of stroke but with a very nice cartoons. It is all about Grandpa Jim had a stroke and 88 further cartoon "strips" that happened to Grandpa Jim. See as well the cartoonist Lynn Johnston.
** I tried to get low or free price at the people http://www.UniversalUclick.com/ for the images for the cartoons. It was too high for Stroke Survivors Tattler i.e. we are not a regular newspaper and our budget is very low. Fortunately, you will have to do only 1-click more to see the cartoon image, it is legit and it is free using GoComics.com and Dilbert.com.
*** Changed from "Pickles" to "Betty" -- "Betty" is a excellent cartoon and Gary Delainey & Gerry Rasmussen are authors/artists/cartoon-strips and they live in Edmonton.
Eclectic Stuff
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Definition: Eclectic(noun) a person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
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Dysarthria is More Than a Slip of the Tongue
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| Rebecca Dutton Home After a Stroke |
I had a stroke in the brain stem which connects the brain to the spinal cord. My stroke attacked a part of the brain stem called the pons - the bridge to the cerebellum which controls coordination. The inability to coordinate muscles of my lips, cheeks, and tongue made my speech severely slurred (dysarthria). The good news is that I never lost the ability to understand what people were saying. The bad news is that people could not understand me. 
In nine years my dysarthria has never fully disappeared. When I am not fully awake or I am tired my speech is still somewhat slurred. I know this because people start staring at my mouth so they can read my lips. Sometimes I have to think about taking a full breathe because I am speaking too softly. I know this because people start saying "What?" after I speak.
I asked for help in the grocery store last night. The woman who helped me scowled and looked at me like I was retarded. After she left I realized I was incomprehensible because I was speaking so softly.
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Dysarthria
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| Amy Shissler My Cerebellar Stroke Recovery |
When I started writing this blog, I hadn’t found my voice. Writing voice, that is. When I started writing this, I was just a physical therapist who had a stroke and I thought that I knew some stuff. I’m still that and will always be that. I’m still a PT who had a stroke. But now I know that I know nothing. Ok, that’s not true. I know some stuff, but everybody knows some stuff. I now know that I knew NOTHING – less than nothing, absolutely nothing about recovering from a stroke. No one knows anything. Ok, some people know some stuff but not a whole hell of a lot and no one knows how to get a stroke survivor to full recovery. That’s where Dean comes in. :) If you want to get to full recovery you better do your own research.
Speech Therapy for Dysarthria Demystified
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| Mark A. Ittleman The Teaching Of Talking |
People who have dysarthria have slurred speech that is often difficult to understand. Many people with dysarthria have been constantly told to "slow down," and that rarely does any good as far as speaking improvement.
Listen and watch at Mark Ittleman, M.S. Speech Language Pathologist with 41 years of clinical experience explains dysarthria and how he approaches the successful improvement of speaking using the Teaching of Talking Method.
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Sen. Mark Kirk Has Skin in the Game. Twice.
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| Peter G. Levine Stronger After Stroke Blog |
Below is a video of Sen. Mark Kirk. He had a stroke back in January. He appears to have left hemiparesis, and some dysarthria. He seems like a really hard worker who deserves to get every bit of recovery he can. He's a great inspiration. But.... He has this line at the very end of the video:
"I can't wait to go back to work to vote to spend less..."He is a fan of the way health care is being run now. And I guess he should be. It seems as if no expense was spared in his case. He probably has money, and that doesn't hurt. But much of it was paid for by his congressional healthcare plan. And here's some funny...
"Repealing President Obama’s healthcare law would let members of Congress keep their government-subsidized insurance coverage after they retire — a benefit they lost under the health law."
Standard YouTube License @ SenatorKirk
Full article here.
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Aphasia vs. Dysarthria:
Finding The Right Words, Then Saying Them Wrong...
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| Diane The Pink House On The Corner |
I think the worst thing, at least for me, after the stroke was Bob's inability to speak. I always told myself that it would be easier deal with all of his physical limitations, if only he could speak to me. Tell me what was on his mind. Talk about what he was feeling.
Bob has struggled with speech now for over two years and continues to struggle. But he has come a long way, baby. From his initial grunts and gurgles, to calling everything "window" or "radio", to short phrases such as "I love you" and "Turn it up", to complete sentences that sometimes even make sense. And it seems to me that the aphasia is slowly "clearing" up or at least getting less severe. He does seem to be finally finding "the words"... This while physically he seems to be deteriorating.
Yesterday, he said a complete 11 word sentence, which went like this: "I want to thank you from the heart of my heart." This was after I just cleaned him up from a bowel movement. I swear, my heart soared! Even though I knew he meant "from the bottom of my heart". Still, it's good to hear his voice again.
Then dysarthria rears its ugly head...
Embrace #SocialMedia Because It’s Damn good!
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| Kate Allatt A Rocky Stroke Recovery |
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Linked in are FAB!!
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Why was it SO amazing?
- It gave me access to the big wide world, because all I’d known is The Northern General Hospital in Sheffield for months.
- It allowed me to convey my trapped personality on a level playing field, with everyone else, because my Dysarthria & Dysphagia wasn’t evident. So, I wasn’t judged, and the banter flew! (My spelling and grammar took a turn for the stroke worst though!)
- It allowed me to compete against myself, which is good ‘cos I’m very competitive! for example, I’d pledge to sit unaided on a bench for 20 minutes or eat 3 petit Filous yoghurts or to twitch an ankle. I’d invariably do it, so I’d raise the steaks the next day! The encouragement from my online friends spurred me on.
- We were able to live out a real soap opera, as Mark and I, had weekly tiffs on my wall!! (Didn’t think to inbox and great entertainment, I’m told!)
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
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| Dean Reinke Deans' Stroke Musing |
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
One more problem to correct. It bills itself as an objective scale. Testing secondary problems is not helpful. The best solution would be to quantify the dead area size and location, then quantify the penumbra size and location. The existing scale has absolutely no use in any type of comparison or usefulness in therapy. But our doctors continue down this stupidity. My score would have been 11 - moderate. That told no one anything useful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health_Stroke_Scale
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search
The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, or NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a tool used by healthcare providers to objectively quantify the impairment caused by a stroke. The NIHSS is composed of 11 items, each of which scores a specific ability between a 0 and 4. For each item, a score of 0 typically indicates normal function in that specific ability, while a higher score is indicative of some level of impairment. The individual scores from each item are summed in order to calculate a patient's total NIHSS score. The maximum possible score is 42, with the minimum score being a 0 .....
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Sunday Stoke Survival ~ This and That
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| Jo Murphey The Murphey Saga |
I find that I'm spending quite a few hours on You Tube these days. One because it's quick snippets of information and two because it's entertaining.
With my current lifestyle of crisis management and turn on a dime decision making, I can't really do much else that is time consuming. You Tube is the answer.
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| No this isn't mine but close. |
Criss Angel BeLIEve Cut in Half
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| Monty Becker Stroke Survivors Tattler |
It's a lovely day at the park for Criss Angel to demonstrate to some bystanders how fun it is to pull apart a couple by their torsos and switch their bodies up.
Tune in to the series premiere of Criss Angel: BeLIEve on October 15 at 10/9c on SPIKE.
For more information, visit http://www.CrissAngel.com.
Standard YouTube License @ CrissAngel
Robert's Wedding
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| Jackie Poff Stroke Survivors Tattler |
Husband may over-exert himself if they spend the entire night together. After the wedding festivities Jenny prepares herself for bed and the expected knock on the door. Sure enough the knock comes, the door opens and there is Robert, her 85 year old groom, ready for action. They unite as one. All goes well, Robert takes leave of his bride, and she prepares to go to sleep.
After a few minutes, Jenny hears another knock on her bedroom door, and it's Robert, again he is ready for more 'action'. Somewhat surprised, Jenny consents for more coupling. When the newly weds are done, Robert kisses his bride, bids her a fond good night and leaves.
She is set to go to sleep again, but, aha, you guessed it Robert is back again, rapping on the door and is as fresh as a 25 - year-old, ready for more 'action'. And, once more they enjoy each other.
But as Robert gets set to leave again, his young bride says to him, 'I am thoroughly impressed that at your age you can perform so well and so often. I have been with guys less than a third of your age who were only good once. You are truly a great lover, Robert.'
Robert, somewhat embarrassed, turns to Jenny and says: 'You mean I was here already?'
The moral of the story:
Don't be afraid of getting old, Alzheimer's has its advantages.
Are You Positive?
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| Barb Polan Barb's Recovery |
I just finished reading Barbara Ehrenreich's "Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America."
Sound negative?
Reading the book was freeing: for the first time post-stroke, someone has said something that perfectly expresses what I've thought, but been afraid to say without sounding bitter, envious, (i.e., negative). Here we go:
Ehrenreich has lived through breast cancer diagnosis and treatment (Let's not even discuss why she hates being called a "survivor.") When she attended a Relay for Life event for the first time, she found the remembrance luminaria ceremony poignant, but the survivors' lap was something else,
The Invaluable Hearing Aids, aka Me? Wrong? You Betcha!
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| Joyce Hoffman The Tales of a Stroke Patient |
In June, 2001, when I started a new job, I was a Technical Trainer and Compliance Administrator, all by myself, for close to 15,000 people. The compliance system we had consisted of reading a set of compliance regulations, like Fire Procedures, Hazardous Materials, and Safety in the Workplace, and answering a series of questions about them. As soon as July rolled around in '01, a high level meeting took place with the CEO, CIO, President of the Health System, and other muckety-muck types. I was furtively taking notes because it was my responsibility and I didn't want to miss anything, but I missed half of the discussion and didn't even know it. I felt an arm in my ribs."They're talking to you," a new friend whispered.
I looked up, but I could barely hear the discussion around me. "Yes?" I asked.
The Chairman of the Board repeated the question and I was reading his lips. Then about 10 minutes passed and it happened again. That's when I first learned I was hard of hearing.
Treat or Trick
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| Grace Carpenter My Happy Stroke |
On Halloween, I stayed at the house, while my husband went around the neighborhood with my daughter and some of her friends. They were the first trick-or-treaters to arrive at our house, and I could hear their excited chatter as they came up the steps. I was a little bit nervous. I wanted to greet them with the right mix of warmth, surprise, and admiration. I was also nervous about spilling the candy, taking too long to open the door, or tripping on the rug.
The doorbell rang. I opened the door, I mustered my enthusiasm and and said,
"Trick or treat!"The children looked at me. I looked at the children. After a moment's hesitation, the children dug in to the candy bowl. As the children started to file back down the stairs, my daughter looked at me.
"Mom, you don't have to say 'treat-or-treat,'" she said coldly, without waiting for my response before leaving.Did she understand that the aphasia that made me say the wrong thing, I wondered? Or is she already feeling that all moms are clueless, anyways?
I closed the door. Under my breath, I said: "Happy Halloween! Happy Halloween! Happy Halloween! Happy Halloween!"
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'Will Become Perfect'
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| Jeff Porter Stroke of Faith |
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| (Photo from Wikimedia Commons) |
Another great figure died the exact same day - great Christian apologist C.S. Lewis.
Recently, I received an email from The Ranch with this great C.S. Lewis quote:
Those who put themselves in His hands will become perfect, as He is perfect - perfect in love, wisdom, joy, beauty, health, and immortality. The change will not be completed in this life, for death is an important part of the treatment. How far the change will have gone before death in any particular Christian is uncertain.As a stroke survivor, I'm damaged goods in this imperfect body. Indeed, you can't find any perfect human being. Not on this side of the great divide. But as Lewis reminded his readers, perfection awaits all who accept it.
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Empowering Thoughts
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| Shari Bookstaff Bookstaff's Blog |
I've had a tough week, physically. I've been getting really tired, my eye was bothering me, etc. On top of that, some guy in a truck actually got out of his vehicle to come to my window to yell at me for waiting for a parking spot at Safeway! A van was blocking all the spots, and I really couldn't go anywhere. Plus, he could have gone around me! Anyway, having a bad week all around.
This morning, a thought occurred to me after I was tired from getting dressed: maybe I need to be in better shape than the average person to deal with life. Wouldn't it be awesome if I was in the BEST shape of my life at 50? Screw my "disability!"
After having this thought, I immediately wrote this blog. It's too easy to latch onto negative thoughts (especially when tired), so I decided to latch onto this positive thought instead.
Happy holidays everyone! Try to let go of negative thoughts/comments/ jerks and focus on empowering thoughts/comments/NICE people instead!
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Henry Evans and Chad Jenkins:
Meet The Robots for Humanity
Paralyzed by a stroke, Henry Evans uses a telepresence robot to take the stage -- and show how new robotics, tweaked and personalized by a group called Robots for Humanity, help him live his life. He shows off a nimble little quadrotor drone, created by a team led by Chad Jenkins, that gives him the ability to navigate space -- to once again look around a garden, stroll a campus ... (Filmed at TEDxMidAtlantic.)
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RMR: Rick and Republic of Doyle
Uploaded on Jan 17, 2012
Rick joins Allan Hawco on the set of Republic of Doyle in St. John's, NL to learn the ins and outs of stunt driving.
Standard YouTube License @ The Rick Mercer Report
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Def'n: iPad for Stroke Survivors
iPad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SSTattler:
1) Apple from 2010 dominated the iPad market; today Android (Google,...) close in second.
Microsoft Surface RT failed (< 3% of the market).
2) Stroke Survivors especially can use the iPad:
a) without the laptop / desktop - I use E-mail, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,...
b) use only 1 hand, if necessary, just fine for stroke survivors.
An iPad can shoot video, take photos, play music, and perform Internet functions such as web-browsing and emailing. Other functions—games, reference, GPS navigation, social networking, etc.—can be enabled by downloading and installing apps. As of June 2013, the App Store has more than 900,000 apps by Apple and third parties.
Video: iPad for Stroke Survivors
SSTattler:
0) If you are Stroke Survivors and capable of using your laptop / desktop then your
task is go to the Apple Store and play with the iPad. Try a few apps, at least,
Apple utilities E-mail, Notes, Pages, Keynote, Numbers or Microsoft Excel, Word,
PowerPoint - they are equivalent. You want to buy it or not but have fun...!
As well, you can see the menu of iPad of the YouTube below:
1) Stroke Survivors have problems of speech or cognitive - sample available on the
iPad. Many more available...
2) Doctors or soon to be - they will not carry a laptop BUT they love (and carry)
the iPad / info!
3) Difference between the iPad & Microsoft Surface RT.
Florida Hospital Oceanside uses the new iPad to help stroke victims with their speech therapy.
Standard YouTube License @ FLHospital
0) If you are Stroke Survivors and capable of using your laptop / desktop then your
task is go to the Apple Store and play with the iPad. Try a few apps, at least,
Apple utilities E-mail, Notes, Pages, Keynote, Numbers or Microsoft Excel, Word,
PowerPoint - they are equivalent. You want to buy it or not but have fun...!
As well, you can see the menu of iPad of the YouTube below:
1) Stroke Survivors have problems of speech or cognitive - sample available on the
iPad. Many more available...
2) Doctors or soon to be - they will not carry a laptop BUT they love (and carry)
the iPad / info!
3) Difference between the iPad & Microsoft Surface RT.
1 - Stroke Survivors have problems of speech or cognitive
Florida Hospital Oceanside uses iPad to Help with Speech Therapy
Uploaded on Jun 17, 2010Florida Hospital Oceanside uses the new iPad to help stroke victims with their speech therapy.
Standard YouTube License @ FLHospital
Saturday Comics
| For Better and For Worse Lynn Johnston - 2008-08-30 "Iris, you've taken such good care of grandpa Jim" | Dilbert Scott Adams - 2013-11-22 "didn't understand any your tedious techo-yammering..." |
Garfield Jim Davis - 2013-11-20 "Hi, I'm a plump little chipmunk !" | Betty Delainey & Rasmussen - 2013-11-22 "Excellent choice - inspired by race drivers,..." |
*For Better and For Worse" is a serious topic of stroke but with a very nice cartoons. It is all about Grandpa Jim had a stroke and 88 further cartoon "strips" that happened to Grandpa Jim. See as well the cartoonist Lynn Johnston.
** I tried to get low or free price at the people http://www.UniversalUclick.com/ for the images for the cartoons. It was too high for Stroke Survivors Tattler i.e. we are not a regular newspaper and our budget is very low. Fortunately, you will have to do only 1-click more to see the cartoon image, it is legit and it is free using GoComics.com and Dilbert.com.
*** Changed from "Pickles" to "Betty" -- "Betty" is a excellent cartoon and Gary Delainey & Gerry Rasmussen are authors/artists/cartoon-strips and they live in Edmonton.
Eclectic Stuff
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Definition: Eclectic(noun) a person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
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My Hand as a Tool
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| Barb Polan Barb's Recovery |
Since I had the stroke, I - along with many others, including the OTs who have helped me - have bought into the concept that a hand is a tool and the arm is just a "delivery system" for the hand - putting the hand where it needs to be to work as desired.
Yesterday, though, I read the book "My Last Degree: A Therapist Goes Home After A Stroke," by Rebecca Dutton, an occupational therapist who had two strokes, wrote a book and has become an active, contributing member of the online stroke survivor community. (Rebecca: I hope you don't mind these and the following references to you and your work ).
Rebecca's book changed my view - and my opinion - of my arm:
Since the stroke, I have single-mindedly - along with single-handedly - pursued the awakening of my hand, seeing it as potentially far more functional than my arm. Rebecca's attitude is more along the lines of seeing the functionality of an arm - even a severely limited one.
Her book suggests tasks that an impaired, but somewhat controllable, arm can do. Since reading it, I have carried the following: a pair of flannel pajama pants, my wallet (cloth, so it has some friction), my cane (it has a rubber cushion that gives it LOTS of friction) and a book (Rebecca's) IN MY ARMPIT. It was only the book that caused me trouble; the cover is so slick that it slid out within seconds. Instead of retrying and having the same thing happen (yes, I can be taught, even now), I used my tried-and-true method: holding the book and my cane in the same hand, the book squashed against the cane handle. I save the in-the-shoulder-bag/messenger bag technique only for more fragile items (e.g., my iPad, coffee mugs, lunch dishes, wine glasses, etc.) and the toss-and-retrieve method only for really sturdy items (small garden implements, etc.) To try her approach for the book again, I would put it in something with friction on the outside (maybe a cloth or paper sack - or maybe I'd wrap it in my flannel pajama pants) and tuck it in my armpit again. Obviously, the carrying technique requires the ability to pull my upper arm in against my side, but, despite all that my arm cannot do, it can do that!
Many thanks to Rebecca.
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Sunday Stroke Survival ~ Tablets
Sunday, November 17, 2013
I know I'm late this morning.
First there was the ipad and now every maker has got their version of this handy tool. For a stroke survivor , it sure beats a laptop. In weight and size alone makes them transportable. But the bells and whistles makes them extra special.
We tend to be technophiles in this house. If there is a new techno gadget out there, we'll have to try it out. More on my husband's part than on mine. I prefer to wait until they get most of the bugs out before I buy although I will go to my nearest store and play with it.
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| Jo Murphey The Murphey Saga |
I know I'm late this morning.
First there was the ipad and now every maker has got their version of this handy tool. For a stroke survivor , it sure beats a laptop. In weight and size alone makes them transportable. But the bells and whistles makes them extra special.We tend to be technophiles in this house. If there is a new techno gadget out there, we'll have to try it out. More on my husband's part than on mine. I prefer to wait until they get most of the bugs out before I buy although I will go to my nearest store and play with it.
Prototyping a Tablet Application for the Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients
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| Dean Reinke Deans' Stroke Musing |
Good luck, there is already lots of competition out there. I've already written about 19 for the iPad and 11 for the iPhone.
http://aisel.aisnet.org/icmb2013/18/
Richard Hable, Evolaris Next Level GmbH
Elisabeth Pergler, Evolaris Next Level GmbH
David Ram, Tyromotion GmbH
Abstract
Modern tablet computers come with touch sensitive displays, which make them suitable for recognition and evaluation of finger movements. This paper describes the design and development of a prototypical iPad application, which uses this capability to support therapeutic exercises for stroke patients. It is shown how this concept differs from existing stationary solutions, and how the prototype is used to explore the suitability of such a solution for stroke rehabilitation. Experiences from first user trials are described, which indicate willingness of patients and therapists to embrace the new technical possibilities, although challenging research tasks remain to be solved on the way to a proven professional solution.
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In the Hospital
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| Amy Shissler My Cerebellar Stroke Recovery |
Hospitals are so much fun. It took me a while to really understand what happened to me. When I was in the hospital and had been told I had a stroke, I didn’t get it. I just knew I could barely speak. I started comparing myself to everyone I knew that had had a stroke, which you sooooo cannot do. I even compared myself to my dog. My dog, Cassie, had a stroke a year before I did. I think I’m the only person in the history of mankind that that has happened to. I’m so unique! :)
Anyway, I remember saying “Cassie still has deficits.” I compared myself to a dog. Ummmm. I also asked for the English version of Rosetta Stone. My dad bought me an iPad for in the hospital and I had gone on the internet and found something by a woman who had a stroke and recovered her speech using Rosetta Stone for the practice of speaking/pronouncing things. So I asked for it, I had no idea. It wasn’t for me, but I think it can be useful for some people. Months later my dad found this hilarious and said to me about asking for the English Rosetta Stone – “you didn’t forget the English language!” I’m a big fan of Tosh.0 and I was watching it in the hospital one day and Tosh had on an interview that I’ve seen since and was so obviously not real but at the time I thought it was. My brain was not working right. Aside from that viewing of Tosh.0 I had on TBS for a month straight. That was my channel of choice in the hospital. One of the biggest things I remember is for a long time it was extremely uncomfortable to turn my head. Not tilt it, just turn it. I remember being in my hospital bed and trying to look at everyone and it was awful to look to my right or left. That’s still not a favorite of mine but NOTHING like it used to be. Ahh, the good old days. :)
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Stroke Recovery With an iPad
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| Jeff Porter Stroke of Faith |
Back about 15 years ago, I used a educational toy called a Geo Safari to help me bring back some language skills after my stroke, in addition to speech therapy.
Now, moving 15 years to the present, current stroke survivors can use even cooler technology. I ran across one story how a support group uses iPads to help stroke survivors regain function:
"The applications are on my laptop," [Suzanne] Hill said. "I'm on it most of the time. There are 15 applications that I can use. I just enjoy it so much. There's no chore to any of this for me."
Indeed, some of the apps are games, such as Scrabble or connect-the-dots. Some resemble putting the user back in an elementary school classroom, such as viewing a picture of a dog, then selecting the letters from an alphabet jumble to spell d-o-g.
"I have limitations on my right side," Hill acknowledged. "My right hand is not so flexible, (but) my typing skills are coming back."
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Culinary Arts
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| Pamela Hsieh Rehab Revolution |
By the way, in case any of you were wondering how Anthony’s and my New Year’s Rouxbe compromise has been going, it’s been chugging along swimmingly.
While I do feel like I’m at the grocery store now every other day (if not every day) -- which is actually quite nostalgic for me as that’s what life in Europe was like! -- and kitchen cleaning is of utmost urgency now, I have truly rekindled my love for the culinary arts.
Friday, Anthony and I made Alaskan cod with basa sauce and quinoa. It was soooo good!
Gender-Specific Driving Etiquette
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| Jackie Poff Stroke Survivors Tattler |
When they narrowly pass each other at high speed, the woman rolls down her window and loudly shouts:
Donkey !!!
Immediately the man shouts back:
Bitch !!!
The man laughs. He is proud to have reacted so quickly to the shouting woman and takes the next turn in the road, maintaining his speed.
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