Megan: Can you tell us your name? Mike: I’m Mike Caputo. Megan: And Also Mike, when was your stroke? Mike: I was um, 7 years ago. Megan: And also what did you used to do? Mike: , well, um, functioned, , Autodesk. . Seven, seven, (cued “s”) Sales. Sales. Worldwide. And extremely excellent, yeah. Megan: And that are you taking a look at over there? When you transform your head? Mike: That’s my wife. Megan: Okay, as well as why is she helping you to
chat? Mike: , she’s … Speech. . Megan: So you have difficulty with your speech? Mike: Yeah. Megan: What'' s that called? Mike: Aphasia. Megan: As well as so why wear'' t you work currently? Mike: , I, I, well I do! Megan: What do you do currently? Mike: Voices of Hope Aphasia.Megan: What is Voices of Hope? Mike: Um, Peterburg, Peterberg.( St. Petersburg, Florida) , and also um, Dr Hinckley and , and , myself, um, founder. Creator for me. And also , I, I um, members, , participants, um, the, the uh, members, possibly 7-, six absolutely no people. Megan: So 60 individuals belong to Voices of Hope, which is an aphasia support system that you established, as well as Dr. Jackie Hinckley is part of that. Mike: Yes. Megan: Okay. Great. [Wife: It'' s not a support system.] Mike: No, it’s programs. It’s it'' s, um, three month, three days. Um, , Monday, Wednesday, Friday. And also the, the um, as well as they laugh, and also as well as talked, and also , music, hear this this beautiful,'it ' s.
. Megan: Great. Can you inform me, what does it really feel like to have aphasia? Mike: Um it’s, it’s difficult, it’s um, well it’s.
um, speech, it’s like, um, words that do not understand. Mind is excellent, you recognize, um, but it’s um,.
speech like , I don’t understand, it resembles um, words, yuk! [giggles] Megan: Alright, thank you a lot. Adieu.
