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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | Last Active: Mar 4 2:30pm | Replies (170)
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@treyaj

Thank you for your response. It has been 3 years since the injury. I was alone, in Fl but I live in California. Having no support systems in Fl and not knowing the area or anyone, has made my losses very difficult. I have had a lot of PT, and 2 injury surgeries, but I continue to need CBT and wonder if speech therapy would help. My speech issues are very embarassing to me, I used to be so articulate and verbal. I am determined and resilient, getting to know this new me has been very challenging. But I keep going forward.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Feb 18, 2019

Hello @treyaj

I believe that speech therapy would be most helpful to you and I encourage you to seek out a speech therapist with experience in your area of a TBI. I am glad to hear that singing helps you as it has with me as well.

Here is a link to an article about the effect of music on brain injured individuals, https://www.brainline.org/article/how-music-helps-heal-injured-brain

Here is another article about how singing is used to help people with brain injuries caused by strokes, https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/12/26/144152193/singing-therapy-helps-stroke-patients-speak-again

This interesting video was shared by one of our mentors, Martin, @predictable.

https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/1284891671643088/

I would also suggest that you subscribe to a free subscription to Brain&Life, https://www.brainandlife.org/?originalURL=https://journals.lww.com/neurologynow/pages/articleviewer.aspx&year=2017&issue=13040&article=00009&type=FullText
There are many good articles there about the brain and healing.

Here is an example of singing in a medical environment. I think you will enjoy it😊

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/what-music-does-to-our-body/?utm_campaign=search
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