Scott Adams, a Cartoonist and a Speech Therapist

Eighteen months ago, Scott Adams, the Dilbert cartoonist, lost his voice to what he describes as an “exotic” disease; Spasmodic Dysphonia. Here’s how he describes it:

Essentially a part of the brain that controls speech just shuts down in some people, usually after you strain your voice during a bout with allergies (in my case) or some other sort of normal laryngitis. It happens to people in my age bracket.

I asked my doctor – a specialist for this condition – how many people have ever gotten better. Answer: zero.

Scott decided that he wasn’t going to take this lying down and started working on figuring out a way to cure himself, or at least make himself better as much as possible. His post, entitled “Good News Day”, of how he did this and how successful he has been is really an amazing read. Imagine figuring out how to reprogram your brain.

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