Moma

No he used to be able to play the guitar, but his accident has left him with limited use of his right arm. What is even more remarkable is that he is also aphasic, so he has difficulties enunciating words and tends not to speak because his voice is very distorted. But I could make out every word he was singing. It was great.

I thought i would share my experience with this community because I know many people will appreciate this. I am currently writing my thesis at a rehabilitation facility for individuals with traumatic brain injury in Colorado. For my thesis I have written a program to assist a man with amnesia (on good days he remembers his sons names), he really has very limited memory.As I learned more about him, I found out that he was a crazy Dead Head. So, between trials I give him breaks where we just listen to Dead tunes. To my amazement one day he busted out singing all the words to Ripple. It was mind blowing to the point it gave me goosebumps and it brought to tears. What was even more remarkable, is that his accident also left him with impaired speech, but I was able to understand exactly what he was singing, and he was able to sing in sync with Jerry. A feel privileged to have witnessed it.It just shows you the power of music. Happy B-Day CH

Cheers to that!!!