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Sentences to dfferentiate between ABSD and ADSD
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Posted by: sheila weston ®
02/05/2008, 13:27:39
Does anyone know of any sentences to differentiate between ABSD and ADSD? Or can you make one up? My offerings are (from a recent assessment in the UK):
1)Peter will keep at the peak.
2) The puppy bit the tape.
3) When he'll come home we'll feed him.
In all of theses ADSD sufferes can say them normally and ABSD sufferers show a breathy voice quality.

The following sentences produce voice-breaks in an ADSD sufferer:
1) We eat eels every day.
2) She speaks pleasingly
3) When he'll come home we'll feed him.

Are there any longer sentences - or can someone make some up?

Sheila




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Re: Sentences to dfferentiate between ABSD and ADSD
Re: Sentences to dfferentiate between ABSD and ADSD -- sheila weston Top of thread Archive
Posted by: Laurie ®
02/05/2008, 16:36:37
For someone with AD/SD the following sentence would elicit symptoms:

To elicit AD/SD:

"Early one morning a man and a woman were ambling along on a one mile lane running near Rainy Avenue."

To elicit AB/SD (or to differentiate AD/SD from MTD where an MTD patient might still have a problem with this one, an AD/SD patient would not):

"He saw half a shape mystically cross fifty or sixty steps in front of his sister Kathy's house."

I'm not sure about all of your examples. Especially "She speaks pleasingly" or 3) "When he'll come home we'll feed him..." I'm not sure those are tough for AD/SD. Might be the opposite.

You also listed "When he'll come home we'll feed him" as both easy for AD/SD in the first set of examples and difficult for AD/SD in the second set of examples so I'd double check your cheat sheet.

Also, when it comes to these sentences I'd lean toward certain ones being "easier" to say and "harder" to say for AB or AD versus the ability to say any of them "normally."

Good luck. It's tough when you have a mixed diagnosis!

Laurie




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Re: Re: Sentences to dfferentiate between ABSD and ADSD -- Laurie Top of thread Archive
Posted by: Tberica ®
02/06/2008, 11:53:20
Dear Laurie:
I have not yet recieved a difinitive diagnosis, but my speech therapist's say it's between having MTD, SD or possibly both.

In The above sentences I am wondering if a person with AB/SD will always have difficulty saying those same sentences or can they sometimes say them clearly and other times not? and as with the sentences for a person with AD/SD also. Or will people with AB/SD and AD/SD always have issues with these sentences everytime they say them?

Thank you very much for your thaughts.

Erica




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Posted by: spasdysian ®
03/13/2008, 03:35:06
I have AB/SD, for me the hardest sentence is "Hammy hit the hammer hard".

My speech pathologist said I am not supposed to practice the sentences that she uses to track my progress. For some sentences, it's possible that if you say the same sentence twice consecutively, one might be better than the other.




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