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Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Whistling post stroke
Until tonight I couldn't do this after the stroke. Had the The Legendary Italian Westerns (The Film Composers Series, Volume II) by Ennio Morricone Audio CD with 31 tracks on it. Lots of whistling in those western compositions. So tonight I could finally whistle along with the tunes. I've listed to this multiple times in the car in the past 12 years. There is no damage to the vocal cords or speech areas in the brain that I could tell. So I don't know why I couldn't whistle before this. With 10 million survivors per year someone there in the past 10 years has had the same problem and overcome it. A decent researcher could explain how this rehab could be repeated for others.
I know why I can't whistle after my stroke (although I'm getting pretty close). I lost control of one side of my face from the stroke (6+ years ago). It is slowly coming back. I wonder if my physical therapist knows any exercises for that.
ReplyDeleteAs it turns out, she does. She had me make the sounds "eeeeeee" until I ran out of air, then "ooooooooo" (long o as in Ohio) until I ran out of air, and recommended doing them 10 times each, 4 times a day. She was surprised I hadn't had more speech therapy, especially since I had moderate aphasia, which has gotten much better without treatment since I got out of the rehab hospital at 3 months post-stroke.
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