Megan: Can you inform us your name? Mike: I’m Mike Caputo. Megan: And Also Mike, when was your stroke? Mike: I was um, 7 years back. Megan: And also what did you utilized to do? Mike: , well, , functioned, , Autodesk. Um. Seven, seven, (cued “s”) Sales. Sales. Worldwide. And also great, yeah. Megan: And that are you looking at over there? When you turn your head? Mike: That’s my other half. Megan: Okay, and also why is she assisting you to
speak? Mike: Um, she’s … Speech. . Megan: So you have trouble with your speech? Mike: Yeah.Megan: What
' s that called? Mike: Aphasia. Megan: As well as so why don'' t you work currently? Mike: Um, I, I, well I do! Megan: What do you do now? Mike: Voices of Hope Aphasia. Megan: What is Voices of Hope? Mike: , Peterburg, Peterberg.
( St. Petersburg, Florida) , and , Dr Hinckley
as well as , as well as , myself, um, founder. Founder for me. As well as , I, I um, members, um, members,
, the, the uh, participants, possibly seven-, six zero people. Megan: So 60 people belong to Voices of
Hope, which is an aphasia assistance team that you founded, and Dr.Jackie Hinckley is part of that.
Mike: Yes. Megan: Okay. Great. [Spouse: It'' s not a support group.] Mike: No, it’s programs. It’s it'' s, , three month, 3 days. Um, um, Monday, Wednesday, Friday. And also the, the um, as well as they laugh, and as well as chatted, as well as , songs, hear this this lovely,'it ' s. Megan: Great. Can you inform me, what does it seem like to have aphasia? Mike: Um it’s, it’s hard, it’s um, well it’s.
um, speech, it’s like, , words that don’t recognize. Mind is excellent, you know, um, yet it’s um,.
speech like , I don’t know, it’s like , words, yuk! [laughs] Megan: Alright, thank you a lot. Au revoir.
