what can a speech pathologist do for the first visits of a moyamoya patient in terms of assesment, counselling and/or treatment?

ST~

I've had two strokes due to my mm.
Because of them my ability to retrieve information from my brain, remember things, have affected my speech. When I first had speech therapy about 5 yrs ago I learned how to work with the abilities I have to speak. I've just begun speech threay again to refresh myself on all the little tricks of retreiving information from my brain. Having a speech problem essencially slows my interaction (verbally) with the world.

The brain can learn things.
Hope this helped and that you're getting the proper care/aid.

Linda (LA)

ST -

It really depends...each case is always different.  There is a type of assessment that I had...began with "Boston" but I truely don't remember the name (kinda ironic isn't it!).  Anyway, they show you a bunch of pictures and you have to identify the object in the picture...it assess if you recognize the object, you reaction time, and whether you can speak the word.  There are different severities.  I had aphasia - I could comprehend what the object was, but I couldn't find the word that I wanted to say - or my reaction time was slow.  There are some stroke patients that lose the comprehension and dont even know what the object is that they are showing.  Just my experiences....

-Shari

Hey all,

 It's been 7 months since my surgery in Boston and i still have speech therapy..Maikling alot of progress but too me I don't see the progress like other people do. The reason my speech was affected was when Dr. Ogilvy drilled the burr holes and released the pressure which cause my speech too mess up, called delayed aphasia.  I have had a total of 10 strokes and 3 seizures and i am still among the living. Since my Dr. put me on tegratol i have had no more episodes fo seizures or strokes. But Dr. Ogilvy did tell me that by doing the other side could make my speech normal too the way it was before or i may lose it all together, lose all motor function, or nothing could happen. So now i'm pondering too even have the 2nd side done.. But we will see on August 7th when my lung doctor runs a pulminary function test and a bunch of others too see how much damage was done too both my lungs when i had DBL Pneumonia when I had my surgery done back in Jan.  And please let me know how the reunion went cause me and my family can't be there

Thanks,
Laura Stevens