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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 21 May 1994 14:14:28 GMT0BST From: Nicholas Miller <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Introduction Dear Barbara, I am a new subscriber to your list, I just signed on a couple of weeks ago. I finally have a bit of time to write a few lines introducing myself. I am a speech-language therapist (I believe they are called speech language pathologists in N. America) by training (17 years since I qualified) and it is chiefly through this that I have an interest in PD. My present post is as a lecturer here at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in Great Britain. The department of Speech is mainly concerned with the training of Speech Language Therapists, though we do offer some related courses. Some of my research has been in motor speech disorders. I have been interested in how the brain actually controls the tongue, lips etc. to produce speech; and how that system breaks down in various conditions - including PD. As an active clinician, though, I have an interest in the more practical sides to these theoretical questions - what dose the research tell us about how to maintain or improve speech intelligibility in PD, after stroke etc.. Further, I am particularly interested in the way that altered communication affects the feelings and reactions of carers as they too come to terms with the disorder. There are already a few projects underway in our department on communication in PD. We are hoping to set up a project on questions that face carers in cases where there is some communicative impairment - alas we have no starting date for this just yet - as ever with these things it's a matter of searching around and bidding for the appropriate funding. However, when we get things organised I'm sure your other subscribers will have a wealth of experience and views to offer. We'll keep you posted on that one. In the meantime, it's good to read the other mail that arrives. All the best for now, Nick [log in to unmask]