scott adams, disease
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:21 am
Disease Silenced Dilbert Author But He's Better
DUBLIN, Calif. -- For a while, Scott Adams could only speak in rhyme. Or while pinching his nose. The man behind the "Dilbert" cartoon strip says he suffers from spasmodic dysphonia, an ailment in which the parts of the brain controlling speech don't work properly. Those with the disorder can speak in unique circumstances -- while reading poetry, in exaggerated falsetto or right after sneezing -- but they can't talk in their normal voices. Adams developed the disease in 2005. Treatments involved injecting Botox into muscles around the larynx in order to quell spasms. Adams, who hated the injections, began reciting nursery rhymes in order to re-map his brain. He can talk now, but his voice is a bit raspy, as if he's getting over the flu.
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DUBLIN, Calif. -- For a while, Scott Adams could only speak in rhyme. Or while pinching his nose. The man behind the "Dilbert" cartoon strip says he suffers from spasmodic dysphonia, an ailment in which the parts of the brain controlling speech don't work properly. Those with the disorder can speak in unique circumstances -- while reading poetry, in exaggerated falsetto or right after sneezing -- but they can't talk in their normal voices. Adams developed the disease in 2005. Treatments involved injecting Botox into muscles around the larynx in order to quell spasms. Adams, who hated the injections, began reciting nursery rhymes in order to re-map his brain. He can talk now, but his voice is a bit raspy, as if he's getting over the flu.
dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/10/good_news_day.html