[Dysphagia] off-topic - simulating communication disorders

[tszmansky04 at yahoo.com (Teri Szmansky)]

Have them place a large marshmallow in one cheek and then try to speak (say the months of the year, Pledge of Allegience, etc--or, something novel.  Perhaps a get to know someone new that they are sitting near) in order to simulate dysarthria.

Ask the people to swallow 4-5 rapid, consecutive saliva swallows...by the 3rd or 4th swallow, they will be able to understand the patient who has difficulty initiating a swallow...not sure if you will be including dysphagia.

Just a couple.......


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You can simulate word finding and formulation problems by having students respond to open ended questions, but with some sort of word selection guideline (that I usually put on a note card and only the speaker knows the guideline):

For example, "You can use no words that have an /l/ in them" (or any other phoneme - makes them have to search their vocabulary and creates very hesitant output; lots of stops/starts and corrections, even occasional profanity!) Then the class discusses the output pattern, and the speaker discusses his/her feelings about the experience.? 
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Pam Smith
Bloomsburg University
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To: Sandi Lancaster <swlslp at yahoo.com>
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Earplugs + cheap sunglasses wrapped with thick layer of plastic wrap to 
simulate difficulties with receptive language (obviously, more closely 
resembles dual sensory impairment, but this is as close as I can get).

Play "Charades" to simulate difficulties with expression, but each 
person gets assigned a different way of communicating - gestures, 
drawing, use of first letter of words, aug comm board/device, sign 
language (giving descriptions/diagrams to person, but not group trying 
to guess), etc.


Sandi Lancaster wrote:
> Hi all,
>    
>   Sorry for the off-topic post, but this listserve is always such a wealth of 
knowledge and ideas!  Our hospital is looking at doing comprehensive staff 
training on communication disorders.  One idea we've had is that during an 
inservice, we'd like to simulate some communication disorders so that the 
participants will get to experience what it feels like to have a communication 
disorder.  (Sort of like how a PT might have participants be wheelchair-bound, 
or an OT might have participants keep one arm behind their back while doing 
ADLs, to simulate physical disabilities.)
>    
>   So, we'd like have our participants experience simulated communication 
disorders, but we are having difficulty coming up with specific ways to do this.  
Has anyone done this before...?  Any ideas...?
>    
>   Thanks,
>    
>   Sandi
>
>
> Sandi Lancaster, M.A. CCC-SLP
> Speech-Language Pathologist
> Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland
>  
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