How I use electropalatography (2): Therapy on a plate
Author: Lesley Anne Smith
Magazine issue: Winter 08
Page numbers: 27-28
Date: 30 November 2008
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Lesley Anne Smith says that chronic articulatory dyspraxia following head injury is notoriously difficult to remediate, and traditional methods are limited once the client reaches a plateau. She used the visual biofeedback system Electropalatography (EPG) with a client who had a stroke at the age of 33, leaving him with physical, cognitive and communication impairments. Support was offered by a specialist colleague in the paediatric service and Lesley’s department funded the palatal plate. The department offered as much time as they could afford from a speech and language therapist and a technical instructor to make maximum impact. Therapy and progress is described. Lesley concludes that for a person whose intelligibility is severely reduced, and who cannot make use of AAC, EPG could be worth pursuing even for small gains.
