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Communicating Challenges With Lewy Body and Dementia

Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Aug 5, 2021 | Replies (22)
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@larryh123

Good food for thought about speaking intentionally - not off the cuff.
When you are mentioning “the pause” in your speech, are you referring to the cadence of your speech?
I can definitely see how reading aloud can help with that.
I’m going to try and do that during my morning devotional study. I read, listen and now will speak the Word I am studying.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jul 27, 2021

Hi @larryh123,

When I say "the pause" I'm referring to speaking slowly and including a pause as I speak. This gives me better control. If I start talking quickly, I really lose the quality of my speech. When I was in speech therapy and was reading out loud, the speech therapist would instruct me to pause when I got to the end of a sentence or paragraph. It does help your speech to be intentional. Intentional is a great concept when you have any neurological problem.

I also use "the pause" when I'm eating and drinking. Intentionality is very important to me. While some might think that I'm "slow" it is not really the case.

@johnbishop, As you mentioned "the pause" in Toastmasters can you offer an explanation as to how you use it?

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