Although we can’t predict who will or will not get sick, we do know that there are a number of factors that increase the risk of developing an aspiration pneumonia.…
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One of the most common questions I get is “How do I improve my short term memory?” By “short term memory”, they mean remembering things over the course of a…
“I talk fine. I don’t need a speech-language pathologist.” I occasionally hear something like this when I talk to a new patient. Since I didn’t know that SLPs did anything…
Many of my patients ask for brain-training games. Not surprising, given that the brain-training game industry is projected to reach $8.06 billion dollars worldwide by 2021. But brain-training games are…
Ken was a quiet older gentleman who never initiated conversation. He had a great sense of humor, and would respond with short quips, but rarely said anything to extend a…
We can use easy discourse measures to demonstrate improvement that may not be detected by standardized measures. I don’t know about you, but I find it frustrating to know that…
Attentive Reading and Constrained Summarization (ARCS) is designed for people who have problems with word-finding, topic maintenance, or other cognitive-linguistic skills at the level of discourse. “Discourse” refers to verbal…
If you’re looking for an easy voice banking solution that provides a good synthesized voice, check out The Voice Keeper app. I’ve found it to be fast and easy, so…
Do your or your patient want to learn how to remember names better? Most adults I work with admit to some level of difficulty remembering names, and I’m no exception.…