Wow! This was moving and terrific. Insightful.

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From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Antoinette Verdone
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:55 AM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Interesting talk about how people perceive their voice

Forgot to put the link - http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/oct/18/slow/

Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP

On Oct 25, 2011, at 11:36 PM, Antoinette Verdone <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If you don't listen to RadioLab (you should), then you missed this awesome episode.
>
> An interesting story about how people perceive their voices.
>
> I know that in my five years working with ALS patients exclusively, I ran into patients that refused to use a communication device and insisted using their very slurred speech.  This might give some light to what is going on in these patient's heads.
>
> I would love to hear other's reaction to this story, and if you have ever actually recorded someone with speech impairments and what the reaction was.
>
> Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP
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