Stephen Taylor, Joe Bugler, and Annette Dancer are three stroke survivors affected by dysarthria (unclear speech). They are also members of HEARD (Healing, Empowered And Recovering from Dysarthria), a patient involvement group which has helped to shape research to identify the things that matter most in speech recovery after stroke. In this blog, they tell us more.
Author archives: Annette Dancer
Giving information after stroke: what’s helpful?
A doctor and a stroke survivor reflect on the Cochrane evidence about giving people information after stroke and on their own experiences.
The surreal side of life after stroke
Stroke survivor Annette Dancer returns to the blog with this vignette about her #LifeAfterStroke for our special series.
Confidence after stroke: dating with dysarthria
Annette Dancer blogs about her life after stroke: rebuilding confidence and getting speech problems into perspective.
Research is better together: a stroke survivor and a researcher tell us why
Annette Dancer and Claire Mitchell give us their perspectives on the benefits of working together in stroke research
Sorry, what did you say? Living with dysarthria (unclear speech) after stroke
Annette shares her story of living with dysarthria after stroke and Claire Mitchell, Speech & Language Therapist and author of a recent Cochrane review of dysarthria, explains the findings