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Recently I attended a panel discussion with three speakers. One of the young women was very well spoken but used filler words excessively. At Corporate Speech Solutions we use a barometer of two filler words in two minutes. This woman used over ten in the first minute!! What does that mean? We are all human and tend to say an occasional uh, or um. However, more than two in two minutes will make you sound less professional and less qualified than you really are. It was just me. After the panel discussion I turned and asked the people sitting with me if they noticed the excessive use of the word "um." They responded, "notice?" I couldn't concentrate on a word she said. All I heard was "um." When...

Leaving Voice-Mail Messages That Get Returned   Have you been playing “phone tag?” You know the routine: you call and leave a message, the other party returns your call and leaves you a message, and on and on.  By the time you actually speak with the person you were trying to reach, you’ve left two or three messages.    Don’t despair! Use each message to give the listener another opportunity to see that you are the trusted advisor that he/she wants on his side.   With those recorded messages, the party on the other line has already formed an opinion about you based solely on your speaking voice.  People “hear” your intellect, your personality, and even your manners through the tone...

A lisp is a functional speech disorder which occurs when incorrect tongue placement interferes with making specific sounds. Common in young children, a lisp is usually outgrown by the age of five, although some adults lisp. With proper speech therapy and determination, a lisp can be corrected. 1. Find a speech-language pathologist in your area. This language specialist can diagnose the cause of your lisp and determine the therapy you need to overcome the impediment. 2. Understand the factors that can cause a person to speak with a lisp. A person with a long tongue is more likely to lisp; the tongue interferes with proper annunciation. Young children who learn sounds incorrectly may lisp; they can be...

In my clinical practice as a speech-language pathologist and when I am out and about, I listen to how parents talk to their young children. I am always amazed by how many questions parents ask their children. Often it sounds like parents are "peppering" their children with questions! And, it seems, the less able children are to talk, the more questions their parents ask. It is a downward spiral. The parent asks a question--the child is not able to answer. The parent's concern over the child's lack of speech ability increases, and the child hasn't been given any new tools from which to learn and gain new skills. I think parents ask questions because they desperately want to hear their children talk...

If you are a parent of a young child who uses no words or just a few words, you may be interested in what drives the process that determines your child's choice of early words. One process that guides what early words are used is called "selectivity." Briefly, research has shown that children say words based on sounds they can say. This selectivity tends to exist for children up through approximately the first 50 words. In typical development it disappears around 22 months of age, on average. This process enables a child to go from pre-speech sound making to word use--it's a word-learning device or mechanism. So, if a child babbles the /b/ sound a lot, he is more likely to produce words that start...

Many parents of toddlers start to feel concerned when their children aren't talking like others their age. It is reasonable and wise to be taking a close look. Here's a quick summary of what I would suggest a parent do to address concerns about a 12 to 24-month-old child's limited vocabulary and communication abilities: -Be sure she is hearing. Has her hearing been evaluated in the past year? -Monitor how well he is understanding you. Does he understand the names of most common things in his life (names, items, places, things to do)? -How willing is she to imitate what you say to her (imitating of her own free will vs when you ask her to try to say something)? -Does he try to communicate with you in...

Are you the office jokester? Humor can be a great method for breaking the ice at the beginning of a retirement speech. Jokes can place both the audience and the speaker at ease when used correctly. If used incorrectly however, unintended effects may be experienced. Follow the tips below to increase the likelihood of producing a funny retirement speech. Tips to consider when adding humor into your own retirement speech: - Never tell a joke for its own sake. It must be relevant; you can't just throw in ‘why did the chicken cross the road', or some other generic joke for a laugh. - Be yourself; some people can pull off a hilarious speech, but if it's not your style, don't worry as humor is certainly...

Wavefront LASIK, also called Custom LASIK, is a relatively new innovation in laser vision surgery. This process has vastly improved the way eye surgery is performed and has enabled your ophthalmologist to correct problems with your vision that were previously unfixable. Wavefront technology takes 3D images of your eye to help guide in the reshaping process of your cornea. This affords ophthalmologists an ability to achieve a higher degree of precision in surgical corrections than was ever possible in the past. While glasses, contact lenses, and older LASIK procedures could only correct for lower order aberrations (myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism), wavefront technology has the ability to correct...

Many online media sites have full motion graphics, flash presentations, and sponsorship brand ads. And these are paid for by the advertiser and that revenue stream keeps the online media making money. It's all good right? Well, yes and no, as there are some issues brewing, as Internet surfers' attention span grows shorter and shorter. As it turns out studies show that Internet surfers' have an attention span of just under 20-seconds. One study shows it to be 18.4 seconds on average. But mind you, that's the average and so the advertisements really need to be 12-15 seconds maximum. And yet, we have another problem, attention spans continue to get shorter and shorter each year, especially as more and...

Wherever you may look for romantic advice, you will find instructions telling you to say, "I Love You". Yet these three Little words, so loaded with deep sentiment and meaning, are all too often uttered more as a matter of routine rather than a heartfelt declaration of affection. Like the ubiquitous refrigerator note, this most powerful of phrases is spoken and heard so often that we can become deaf to it, making its utterance little more than another part of our daily ritual, much like brushing our teeth, something done out of habit, yet with little thought of its effects on our lives. Putting the love back into "I Love You" is easier than you may think if you follow along with these simple action...

Plantars wart treatment can be time consuming and you should seek the advice of your podiatrist or primary care physician to see which treatment option is best for you. Plantar warts are benign growths that appear on the sole, ball of your foot or heel. Excessive pressure from walking or standing for long periods of time causes them to grow deeper into the skin. These warts should not be ignored and you should work with your physician to determine the best plantars wart treatment for you. Plantar warts are spongy and rough, and are normally brown or gray in color. The wart under the skin is normally two to three times as big as the part of the wart that has surfaced through the skin. The depth of...

Are there any trichotillomania treatment centres about? There are sorts of such online, in the form of support group forums, where they discuss the latest in treatment techniques. In these places online, you can get quite a lot of education from medical professionals and sufferers alike. It's good to be able to hear from others who share in this condition, and be able to keep aware of the most recent research results and developments in treatments and therapies. Such online trichotillomania treatment centres are full of people who know all too well about this condition. The information on the latest therapies is the key thing to keep abreast of. For example, it seems that behavioral therapies are...

Indigestion Remedy Heartburn pain can be mistaken for the pain associated with heart disease or a heart attack but there are specific differences. This article discusses the differences and outlines how Natural Solutions can be used for Heartburn and Acid Reflux. Click Here Now To Learn How To End Heartburn For Good >> An acid reflux symptoms treatment aims to cure the miserable heartburn symptoms by healing the scratched esophagus and the damaged lower esophageal sphincter (LES). Discover 5 remedies for immediate relief! It is suggested that in applying remedial treatments always start with the basics. This way you can avoid spending for unnecessary medicines as well as eliminate possible...

Estrogen is said to stimulate cellular tissue growth especially in the estrogen sensitive female reproductive organs. The hormone progesterone makes tissue more fertile and helps to control duration and intensity of estrogenic effect. When a woman's estrogen or progesterone production and tissue effects are balanced, normal menstrual cycling continues until menopause. An imbalance in natural hormone levels, as well as exposure to hormone-like substances (xenosteroids) from pharmaceutical drugs and environmental factors, can evoke many disturbances in the female reproductive tissues. Such imbalances may trigger abnormal tissue growth within the breast and other female reproductive areas. This...

Boneset was used by Native Americans for a valuable remedy against colds, flu, and fevers. Other common names that boneset is identified by include: thoroughwort, vegetable antimony, feverwort, agueweed, Indian sage, sweating plant, eupatorium, crossword, thoroughstem, thoroughwax, and wild Isaac. In most cases, boneset has been used primarily to treat fevers. They introduced boneset to the settlers in the New World. From 1820 through 1916, boneset was listed in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia. This herb was also listed in the National Formulary from 1926 through 1950. Boneset has been used to restore strength in the stomach and spleen. It has also been used as a tonic for acute and chronic fevers. Dr...

There are many medications that are available to cure cold sore but which is the best cold sore medicine that will show its effect quickly. The best cold sore medicine should have the components not only to cure the best cold sore medicine but also to prevent reappearance of such painful situation. A cold sore medicine will help to control the formation of the blisters. Cold sore occurrence is mainly due to the HSV-1 virus. The choices of medicines available for cold sores are not much. So you have to choose very tactfully but for that you have to know more about the medicines. Abreva, Benzocaine, Docosanol, Zovirax and Lidocaine are some of the medicines that are available for curing acute cold...

Over the years, silver has served different uses all over the globe. In fact, even before the discovery of different pathogens, bacteria, microorganisms and their role in the diseases they may cause, silver had already been used to benefit one's health. Here are some examples. 1. Greeks during 500 BC had used silver in their vessels to purify their drinking water. 2. Even Americans were going towards the west just to find silver to ensure that the water they were drinking was free from diseases. Sometimes, people put any silver item such as a silver coin in some containers and water barrels to make sure that the growth of bacteria would be much slower. 3. Colonists from remote areas of Australia put...

First realize that stress is not an emotional state, but rather a physiological reaction that occurs in your body. Doctors refer to it as the hypothalamic pituitary axis; the connection between the hypothalamus, pituitary and the adrenal gland. These three 'elements' work together in a stressful situation to put the body into a heightened state of preparation to overcome a potentially life threatening event. This stress reaction is actually a left over from a survival mechanism called, "Fight or Flight." When faced with tremendous stress, where survival might hang in the balance, humans have one of two instant reactions – run from the situation (flight) or meet the challenge head-on (fight). How a...

Angioedema: Rapid swelling characterizes the condition known as angioedema. The swelling occurs in one of three areas: the dermis, the mucosa or the subcutaneous tissue. When the presentation of angioedema can be classified as "rapid" it should be treated as a medical emergency. Rapid swelling of this type can result in airway obstruction or suffocation. If a patient has trouble breathing or feels as if their throat is closing, it is urgent that a physician is consulted immediately. In some cases the presentation of angioedema appears similar to hives. But while hives are swellings on the skin's surface, angioedema is classified by swelling below the skin's surface. In some cases of angioedema...

Many people are lamenting the fact that children begin to learn the art of language after the age of five instead of the window of time when they're most receptive of language. One person decided to do something it: Dr. Robert Titzer. People usually just call him Bob. His Your Baby Can Read program is now a nationwide revolution in childhood language and reading development. Reason One: 90% of the brain develops in the first five years of life Between the ages of 3 months and 5 years, a "window of opportunity" exists inside the brain of your child. 90% of the brain is developing at this time and language is one of the learning concepts that the brain craves during this period. It is during this...

An important determinant for which stroke exercises to do depends on which area of the brain has been affected by the stroke. A stroke occurs when oxygen carried in the blood is gradually or suddenly stopped. It is also referred to as a cerebrovascular accident or CVA. The symptoms experienced after a stroke depend on the severity of the injury, which can be related to the size of the affected brain area. Other factors that determine the symptoms a person may have following a stroke are the side of the brain and region of the brain that was affected. An important part of the rehabilitation process are the stroke exercises. The newest research findings in science about the brain and stroke recovery...

A virus is a small pocket of the protein that contains genetic material. If you put a virus with a bacteria, virus would be dwarfed. For example, the polio virus is around 50 times smaller than a Streptococci bacterium, which itself is only 0.003mm long. Viruses can be described as either RNA or DNA viruses, according to the type of nucleic acid forms their core. The four main types of viruses are: * Icosahedral - the outer (capsid) is made from 20 flat sides, which gives a spherical shape. Most viruses are icosahedral. * Helical - the capsid is shaped like a rod. * Wrapped - the capsid is enclosed in a baggy membrane, which can change shape but often appears spherical. * Complex - the genetic...

A lisp is a form of speech impediment (obstacle) where one would have difficulty pronouncing letters like‘s' and ‘z'. There is another common example of ‘l' and ‘r'. If we check records and different case-histories, by the age of 5 it almost disappears. However in some cases, it continues to create problems. Medical science has got some interesting results in this respective field. They have come across many strange results. In their quest to find why or how it starts, few observations also state that it can be completely artificial or self-made. To support their claim, they give reference and discuss about those cases where a child start lisping in order to get more attention and a form of...

When it comes to updating high definition audio device drivers, it's smart to plan for problems with the update. After all, what if the update doesn't go as it should? What if you downloaded the wrong driver files for your device? What if your sound device no longer works after the update? What if the drivers you downloaded are corrupt? What if the newly released device drivers are buggy and cause more problems than they solve? By planning for problems with high definition audio device drivers, you won't be left scrambling should something go terribly awry. The best defense against bad HD sound drivers is a strong offense. Use Windows System Protection to create a restore point before you attempt...

Don't you think you are too old to stutter? Well, believe it or not, some people who are already adults still have this problem. While many young children are able to outgrow stuttering with or without treatment, this is different for adults because this has already been going on for many years. But this doesn't mean you should give up because there are some people who do with a little modification in the techniques used. But there is a danger because adults who get used to it may soon experience a relapse. This brings the important question. Should practitioners who are teaching adults focus on how to help the clients improve their speech or should they help the client accept the fact that this is...

Treatments for stuttering have greatly improved one hundred percent over the last ten years. One out of every three americans will have stuttering problems. Today I will be informing about the latest treatments that are available for people who stutter. You will walk away with confidence know there are great ways to treat stuttering. To begin with, I have had stuttering problems since I was a kid. My friends always picked on me and it just frustrated me. I even used to think ahead and try to talk slow so I wouldn't stutter. There is nothing more embarrassing that to stutter every time you speak. As I grew older I began to find ways to to cure stuttering and treatments. As I did my research I found...

Learning how to stop stuttering can drastically change your life, providing you are a stutterer to begin with. Although it may seem an impossibility at first, there are definitely methods out there that can at least help you radically improve your speech. The fact that even heavy stutterers tend to be able to articulate fluently in special situations, implies that stuttering is oftentimes a curable problem. These 'special situations' can range from speaking in unison, singing along to even being drunk. Since stuttering is curable and the benefits of curing are immense, it is strongly advised that a stutterer never gives up on his or her wish to stop stuttering. Tips on how to stop stuttering Several...

Do you have a speech impediment? Do you have a stammer? Do you yearn to be able to speak fluently? Well if you have answered any of these questions in the positive then this article may well be of interest to you. I am a person who had to endure living with a stammer for eighteen years of my life, the stammer seemed to control those eighteen years and affected virtually every decision I ever made. I was determined to overcome the stammer as the thought of having the speech impediment for the rest of my life was a thought that I was not willing have. During my teenage years it was like I was living in fear, in fear of stuttering. Looking back I remember having a major dislike for school. It was not...

Are you the parent of a child that is struggling with reading, writing, or math? Have you been told by special education personnel that your child does not need to be tested for a learning disability? This article will discuss signs and symptoms of learning disabilities. The National Center on Learning Disabilities has a checklist that is available to help you determine if your child has a learning disability. The checklist is separated into 8 categories: Gross and Fine Motor Skills, Language, Reading, Written Language, Social/Emotional, Attention, and a category called other. Below are some of the things that are on the checklist: 1. Has trouble with buttons, hooks, snaps, zippers and trouble...

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Autism is a neurological disorder; observable symptoms of this disability include disruption of speech, difficulty in social exchanges, and demonstration of consistent behavior. There are lots of arguments on this disorder regarding a possible link between vaccines and autism. The MMR (mumps, measles, and rubella) vaccines are prime suspect for autism. It appears that the number of diagnosed cases of autism increases since the inception and use of MMR vaccine. Medical Scientists and statistician collected lots of data and information to find the relation between MMR vaccines and autism. Two considerations regarding the debate over vaccines and autism are the claim of increased cases, and the...

A stroke is also known as a cerebral vascular accident (CVA), brain attack or transient ischaemic attack (TIA). When you have a stroke the blood supply to a part of your brain is blocked or compromised. Within 3 minutes brain cells in that part of the brain start to die. Unless rapid action is taken a large number of cells die which causes brain injury and potentially severe and long lasting damage. Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) TIA's are also known as 'mini strokes'. They usually get better within 24 hours. They are usually caused by a temporary block to the blood supply, which lasts for only 1-2 minutes before returning to normal. The short lived loss of blood supply 'shocks' the brain cells...

Blame and criticism are among the most damaging relationship problems that couples experience. Knowing how to handle it is one of the most important social skills that we can possess as we learn how to effectively cope with the negative attitudes and barbed comments of others. We have to deal with all sorts of people, and there are many - including boyfriends and husbands - who've not yet learned that we respond better to charm and appreciation than to put downs and attempts to make us feel guilty. Because of this, it is important that any relationship advice which aims to help should include techniques for dealing with these attacks quickly and effectively without allowing the situation to get out...

What is Culture Shock? Culture Shock is a term used to describe the anxiety and feeling (of surprise, disorientation, confusion, fear, etc.) felt when people have to operate within an entirely different cultural or social environment, such as a foreign country. It is a very unpleasant, yet very common experience one goes through when in a foreign country. Getting used to the new culture, the new surroundings, weather, people, systems can be very challenging. The feelings of lack of direction, lack of deep emotional connection to your surroundings, lack of friendships, relationships, financial worries, means of transportation, etc are just few of the many things a person going through culture shock...

Before jumping in and looking at the glyconutrients ADHD link its important to understand what exactly glyconutrients are. Glyconutrients are part of a group that consists of eight essential nutrients or sugars. They underpin the process whereby our cells communicate with each other. Without them our cells can communicate abnormally and can malfunction, causing abnormalities that can lead to health problems. So, how do glyconutrients effect ADHD? Without the correct amount of glyconutrients in the diet cell communication can break down within the brain. As the brain controls the rest of the body this may lead to problems with behavior. Getting to Know the Glyconutrients and their Functions Glucose...

Web video conferencing services have changed the way businesses are run. An easy and cost effective connection through such services has facilitated distance meetings. Meetings of company employees working in different geographical locations as well as client meetings have been made easier and more convenient. Web conferencing services have altered the way firms are operated. An easy and inexpensive connection through such services has optimized distance meetings and conferences. Meetings of company employees working in different geographical locations as well as client conferences have been made easier and more convenient. Global companies also deploy this service for training new staff, when...