Slog - Comments on Patient, Heal Thyself http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/patient_heal_thyself 18 months ago, Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, lost the ability to speak due to Spasmodic Dysphonia, which he describes as: Essentially a part of the brain that controls speech just shuts down in some people, usually after you strain your voice during a bout with allergies (in my case) or some other sort of normal laryngitis. He was told by his doctor that nobody had recovered from the condition. There's no cure, and the only real treatment is Botox injections into the throat, which only stops throat spasms from occurring. The weird thing about Spasmodic Dysphonia, as Adams... Copyright 2008 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:28:40 -0800 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:58:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Dennis Rodham Rodman Good news for Diane Riehm & RFK Jr.

]]> Dennis Rodham Rodman http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/patient_heal_thyself#c482120 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/patient_heal_thyself#c482120 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:44:04 -0800 Comment by Gomez How strange! How would he manage to discover that he can public-speak despite not being able to normally speak, if he couldn't speak in private? They wouldn't let him on stage to do a speech if a mute.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/patient_heal_thyself#c482140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/patient_heal_thyself#c482140 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:06:48 -0800 Comment by Patricia As posted here: http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/03/can_you_hear_me.html

He lost the ability to speak normally in a gradual few months.

]]> Patricia http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/patient_heal_thyself#c482154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/patient_heal_thyself#c482154 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:22:32 -0800 Comment by amazonmidwife Wow, this makes me wonder if there's a similiar experience as babies and toddlers GAIN speech.

]]> amazonmidwife http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/patient_heal_thyself#c482362 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/patient_heal_thyself#c482362 Life Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:58:59 -0800