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I am losing my mind, 2 dictators in a row who stutter. - There ought to be a law, SM


Posted: Apr 06, 2015

anybody with any kind of speech impediment cannot be a doctor and dictate.

It's nothing but torture to have to listen to these people, I could write it by hand faster than they can spit it out.   Yell

Poor you. Think about the person who has that - sm

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speech impediment; they have to deal with it for their entire life while you have to deal with it for a few mere moments of your life.

They don't have to deal with it - their entire lives.

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In a profession where communication is vital, anyone with any sense would seek the help of a speech pathologist.

That doesn't "cure" it. - Mary

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I worked for 11 years with an audiologist/speech pathologist who stutters. He has had the condition his entire life, and believe me, went through all the evaluation and treatment possible. When his patients first meet him, they seemed a little surprised, but within a couple of minutes, they each just went with the flow. It was never a problem. He is a brilliant, empathetic caregiver. Many of his patients are children who stutter, and you cannot imagine how much it helps their parents to have a professional working with the child who has the condition. It gives them hope that their children can achieve whatever their dreams may be.

Well they make enough money to have it looked into - while the MT barely makes minimum wage

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these days. Just sayin'

You won't have to listen much longer. - Cheer up!

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They'll be using front-end SR soon enough.

No more need for you to suffer through it.

Stutter - Disappointed

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I totally sympathize with you. Even though what the previous poster said about the person that has this impediment, he/she should still not be allowed to dictate. I had a couple like that on another account and I simply DREADED the time I had to spend on their dictations. If they insist on dictating, then we should get paid more to make up for the time spent trying to interpret what they're saying.

Exactly. So the sympathizer can shove off and - can take all their dictations. nm

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nm


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