Speech Therapy CD
In June, 2006, Winston attended the National Aphasia Conference held in Boston, MA. Click here to read about this and the available DVDs of the event .
Contents of the Speech Practice CD
- Winston Speech Practice Intro
- Automatic Speech Practice Complete
- Automatic Speech Practice Complete
- Out of Sequence - Numbers
- Out of Sequence - Months of the Year
- Carrier Phrases
- Common Associations
- Opposites and Sentences
- Words of increasing Length
- Winston Speech Practice Closing remarks
- Speech Practice CD intor and closing remarks by Winston
- How to copy CD contents to computer
VIDEO SAMPLE: Out of Sequence - Days of the Week 11 meg MPG file
(significant download time may apply if not using broadband connection)
Speech Therapy is a video produced by Winston designed to provide more at-home speech therapy and practice exercises. This video, contains all the consonants and combines them with vowels to form simple words allowing practice of the fundamentals of speech. Winston, with a great deal of effort, is now associating sounds with the correct mouth shape which is a major break-through for someone with apraxia. He also uses a "mouth shape" chart that was prepared for him by his therapist in Ann Arbor and has been added to by Karen. He includes a copy of this chart with each CD.
Speech Therapy noticeably utilizes more advanced video techniques than his previous work, as Winston strives to provide a more refined and professional therapy video. Because of the higher production costs and Winston's goal to continue developing and providing more advanced and more beneficial at-home therapy solutions, he is asking for a $30 donation for Speech Therapy, on CD for home computer viewing; and $50 for a copy on VHS. The VHS version will also include the contents of the first video, Speech Practice.
With this end goal of better home therapy in mind, any input - suggestions, feedback, comments, etc. - and any additional support would be greatly appreciated.
Please use the Contact Form to let Winston know if you would like to buy a copy of his Speech Therapy Video on CD or preloaded on an Apple iPod.
On April 29, 2002 Winston had an aneurysm on his aorta. Barely surviving the surgery required to fix this tear in his heart, he suffered a stroke which affected the left side of his brain leaving him with conditions known as aphasia and apraxia. Aphasia is a communication disability and apraxia is a motor-planning disability caused by damage to the language centers of the brain, as the result of a stroke. There is no loss of intelligence. Depending on where and to what extent the brain is injured, each person with these conditions has a unique set of communication disabilities. While intelligence remains intact, abilities to speak, understand spoken language, read or write may be reduced or eliminated.