Erica Heilman

What are the 18 sort of common ways that people react in moments with people who are struggling to speak?

What are the 18 sort of common ways that people react in moments with people who are struggling to speak?

There's something someone wants to say, and they're not finding the way to say it, and I'm not guessing it. So there's a silence. What is the silence, the giving up of the guessing, but just being there anyway? What does that mean to the person who can't speak? Everything.

There's something someone wants to say, and they're not finding the way to say it, and I'm not guessing it. So there's a silence. What is the silence, the giving up of the guessing, but just being there anyway? What does that mean to the person who can't speak? Everything.

On June 2nd, the aphasia choir had their ninth performance to a sold-out audience. It was a hit, of course, because the aphasia choir is awesome, but also because Karen had the good sense to pick some excellent songs from the 80s. How did your solo go? Good. I think it went good. I want to hear it. Yeah. Hold on. Anna pulled up the recording on her phone. Hold on. Hold on. Hold the phone.

On June 2nd, the aphasia choir had their ninth performance to a sold-out audience. It was a hit, of course, because the aphasia choir is awesome, but also because Karen had the good sense to pick some excellent songs from the 80s. How did your solo go? Good. I think it went good. I want to hear it. Yeah. Hold on. Anna pulled up the recording on her phone. Hold on. Hold on. Hold the phone.

I will know when to come in. That's Anna King getting ready for her solo with the Aphasia Choir of Vermont. Anna has been living with aphasia for 19 years, struggling with language and with word finding. We take language utterly for granted. We talk and talk. So what is it like to be someone struggling to find words?

I will know when to come in. That's Anna King getting ready for her solo with the Aphasia Choir of Vermont. Anna has been living with aphasia for 19 years, struggling with language and with word finding. We take language utterly for granted. We talk and talk. So what is it like to be someone struggling to find words?

And how are they met out in the world of talkers, in a world pretty uncomfortable with silence? Here is a tiny window into Anna's world. Welcome.

And how are they met out in the world of talkers, in a world pretty uncomfortable with silence? Here is a tiny window into Anna's world. Welcome.

What are the 18 sort of common ways that people react in moments with people who are struggling to speak?

There's something someone wants to say, and they're not finding the way to say it, and I'm not guessing it. So there's a silence. What is the silence, the giving up of the guessing, but just being there anyway? What does that mean to the person who can't speak? Everything.

On June 2nd, the aphasia choir had their ninth performance to a sold-out audience. It was a hit, of course, because the aphasia choir is awesome, but also because Karen had the good sense to pick some excellent songs from the 80s. How did your solo go? Good. I think it went good. I want to hear it. Yeah. Hold on. Anna pulled up the recording on her phone. Hold on. Hold on. Hold the phone.

I will know when to come in. That's Anna King getting ready for her solo with the Aphasia Choir of Vermont. Anna has been living with aphasia for 19 years, struggling with language and with word finding. We take language utterly for granted. We talk and talk. So what is it like to be someone struggling to find words?

And how are they met out in the world of talkers, in a world pretty uncomfortable with silence? Here is a tiny window into Anna's world. Welcome.