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Old 04-02-2012, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Lightrail11 View Post
You will likely find it helpful, I know I did. Speech therapy is a lot more than the name implies, it is really therapy to help resore cognative functions, some may be related to speech, and some may not be. I didn't have any real "speech" problems after my TBI, my deficits were in memory, executive functions and such, and the speech therapy helped a lot.
That's cool...I wonder why none of the doctors I've seen ever recommended it. I always tell them I have trouble speaking and putting thoughts into words. All of my symptoms are cognitive deficits...and I've told them that. I guess they just don't care?
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