Re:Alternative Communication Devices

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Elaine,

Thank you for this. I have talked with Rose and Deborah on the phone

and noticed they didn't talk like me. I am glad of that but I thought

everyone had speech problem. I am so glad that I was wrong! Again

thank you for keeping me informed because my speech has become worse.

I guess I need to call my speech therapist and start the visits with

her again.

God bless,

Belinda

> Belinda - I've printed your note and will let you know what we find

out.

> There are so many out there - our speech therapist is setting an

appointment

> with one of the dealers/occupational therapists. Because of Bob's

lack of

> dexterity in his fingers (can print some, but not legible to most),

we may

> not be able to use any kind of keyboard (our 1st choice.) There

are just too

> many to mention here - from clickin on icons to clicking on words

you have

> programmed to enlarged keyboards to voice-activated devices. I

will let you

> know what we find out.

>

> Best of luck to you - best to get exercises from a speech therapist

and

> practice, practice, practice. We've pretty much lost the ability

altogether

> here - heart attack really hit the MSA where speech was concerned.

But we

> try, and do use hand signals for yes and no.

>

> Elaine