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Bingley has asked me to post this for him. One of the reasons he hasn't been posting much is due to difficulty in typing. He has a condition similar to carpal tunnel syndrome, but the doctor says, based on an EMG (electromyography)(sp?), that it is due to irritation at the root of a nerve in his neck.
He would like to know if anyone has any knowledge of such a thing. He can of course read PM's and the board, but replies may be brief.
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I know of one person who have suffered from something similar. She was diagnosed as suffering from "le nerfs d'Arnolde." Translated this would be Arnold's nerve but I am not sure if that is how it would me translated in medical lexicons.
She also suffered from nausea and headaches though so it may not be the same thing.
Please give Bingley my best, and tell him I wish him a speedy recovery. Two kisses from Canada.
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There is a surprising amount of information about health problems on the Internet. It helps a lot if you know the terminology of the disorder. For instance you might find some things under Carpal Tunnel,or you might do better to look for Repetetive Motion Injury. There are other names that I can't think of at the moment, particularly UK terms. We have three members in active practice who ought know a lot more. I hate to say it, but a neurological disorder could be much harder to treat successfully than RMI, which is bad enough. Maybe Bingley ought look into Voice Recognition software. I don't know how much keyboard use is required with it.
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For a little info, try... http://199.178.214.240/ortho/html/library/spine/nerve.htmDepending on which nerve is involved, other symptoms such as cough, nausea and headache could also be present. Try Arnold's neuralgia for "le nerfs d'Arnolde". This refers to the involvement of a particular nerve - the recurrent laryngeal if you must know.I certainly hope I wasn't included in the 3 members in active practice...
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Thanks, doc_ and all. Barring something specific such as a herniated disc, I was wondering if a change in posture might help. Any info. would be much appreciated. His work is being a translator, and that requires--guess what--typed documents. Dr. Bill, his office is looking into voice recognition--excellent suggestion. bel, considering the cirumstances, I will allow other kisses...but only temporarily! [grr in spite of myself e] 
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The British term to look for is RepetitiveStrain Injury or RSI
get well soon
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Hi Bingley (I can't help but think of you in italics) ~ For a while, I was exhibiting symptoms of Carpal Tunnel, and I was able to reverse it through deep-tissue massage and adoption of a split ergonomic keyboard with a touch pad in place of a mouse (in my case, the mouse seemed to be the bulk of the problem). Being that your issue has been identified as neural, deep tissue work would be more likely to aggravate than help. *However* - on the subject of keyboards, it's fascinating what ergo-engineers (Is that a coined word I see before me?) have been able to come up with. Apart from the split keyboard, there are a million other options: bowl-shaped keyboards for one-handed typing, bowl-shaped splits for two hands (see http://www.dmb-ergonomics.com/kinesis.jpg), and a one-hand, handheld chording keyboard called the Twiddler that requires relearning typing to some extent - I think of it like a Braille writer or a court reporting machine or an accordian... it relies on fingering combinations that are affiliated with each particular letter. http://www.handykey.com There's another called the BAT too. http://www.infogrip.com Both are easy to learn and *very* comfortable to use. I've known people working on voice recognition software, and all indications are that it's way behind the curve. Anyone on Board have any direct knowledge of it? PM me if you'd prefer - I'm curious about its development. Hope you're able to alleviate the discomfort, Bingley! And get back aBoard soon! FB
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I've known people working on voice recognition software, and all indications are that it's way behind the curve. Anyone on Board have any direct knowledge of it? PM me if you'd prefer - I'm curious about its development
I don't have direct experience, f'babe, but some of my students do, and I have been helping with some research into voice recognition as well.
It has improved by leaps and bounds over the past year or so, and there are some quite sophisticated programs out there. However they still suffer from only recognising one voice (a bit like a collie dog!) and each individual user has to program the machine to suit him/herself.
But there is some exciting work being done on voice recognition for people with speech problems, especially those associated with strokes and neurological conditions such as MS and ALS(MND if you're a brit!) or some of the severer forms of CP.
The research I have been helping along is looking particularly at disarthric speech, which is very disjointed and very hard to understand, even for another human being.
If the project is successful, it will not only bring communication media to those who find it difficult, but will also bring increased knowledge to new programs which power ordinary voice recognition machines.
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I don't pretend to know the first thing about your medical problem, Robert, but I hope you get a speedy resolution to it. Would the doctors in Oz or Zild be a better bet than the locals?
Look after yourself!
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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i support several users with special apps for handicaps.
Jaws (a text reader) reads info off the screen (for a total blind user.. it also can be used to read her keystrokes so she knows when she made a typo.
the app seems slow to me.. but she is one of the more product admin aides in organization..
we also have a user with a voice command software (sorry, i forget the name.. )
Rhu, you are right. it does get trained to one voice, but it is also a learning app, and learns to hear the difference between Aunt and ant after a while.
voice recognition still can either process a limited vocabulrary (One, Two ...Ten) from thousand of users, or a huge vocabulary from one user..
My dear Mr. Bingley, it does almost sound like a pinched nerve in you neck. My ex mother in law, who was a firm beleiver in MD., found when she had a pinched nerve in her neck that a chriropractor actually worked.. accupucture too, might be effective.
what ever you try, please do feel better soon.
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