FW: re:tid bits..

[Guest guest]

Belinda, I've only seen this in a catalog, but my speech therapist said the

products in that catalogue were good. $299 is about the cheapist I've seen

so far, others can go several thousand $. Of course they do a lot and some

are taken care of third party (this wasn't one). If my dexterity gets worse,

I don't see the point. I just wanted something simple, Jim is so hard of

hearing that even the simplest requests are hard for him to understand, this

one prints a well as speaks. There are machines out there that can be

operated with the eyes, pretty amazing! Some have a trial period to try them

out, keep looking.

My speech isn't good. It started two years ago, but people were too polite

to say anything. I asked to be referred to a speech therapist several months

ago. She had a few exercises but mostly gave me words to practice. I'm

seeing another one now that is really GOOD. She explains breathing and

muscle control in a way I haven't heard before, and we're working hard with

sounds. Jim sat in on a session the other day and he could understand me.

It'll buy me some time. Dodie in MO

[Guest guest]

Dodie,

My speech pathologist sounds like the one you went to first. The one

you are going to now sounds great. I haven't been to her in a while

because I have been going through more testing. When I go back I will

ask her other ways of doing exercises for my breathing and muscles. I

have been going to her for a year and hate to change if I don't have

to. I am fortunate as of yet, I don't have problems swallowing or

breathing. I had the swallowing test the first of this year and I

have had no change in that. I agree we need to do as much as we can

to help ourselves.

Love and hugs,

Belinda

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> Belinda, I've only seen this in a catalog, but my speech therapist

said the

> products in that catalogue were good. $299 is about the cheapist

I've seen

> so far, others can go several thousand $. Of course they do a lot

and some

> are taken care of third party (this wasn't one). If my dexterity

gets worse,

> I don't see the point. I just wanted something simple, Jim is so

hard of

> hearing that even the simplest requests are hard for him to

understand, this

> one prints a well as speaks. There are machines out there that can

be

> operated with the eyes, pretty amazing! Some have a trial period to

try them

> out, keep looking.

>

> My speech isn't good. It started two years ago, but people were too

polite

> to say anything. I asked to be referred to a speech therapist

several months

> ago. She had a few exercises but mostly gave me words to practice.

I'm

> seeing another one now that is really GOOD. She explains breathing

and

> muscle control in a way I haven't heard before, and we're working

hard with

> sounds. Jim sat in on a session the other day and he could

understand me.

> It'll buy me some time. Dodie in MO