Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g69FvoX15591; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:57:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:57:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <005b01c22760$720b92e0$7fb406d1@n9x5e7.sbo.ma.cable.rcn.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Helen Osborne" <helen@healthliteracy.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3728] Pronunciation guides X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 701 Lines: 20 To my colleagues on NIFL-Health , Recently, a client of mine asked me about pronunciation guides -- wondering whether they truly help the reading process or, instead, make it more difficult. These guides are to be used for complex, multi-syllabic words that the reader needs to understand, such as the names of drugs they are taking. My question to all of you is -- in your experience, do pronunciation guides help or hinder reading ease for patients and families? Why or why not? Thanks in advance for the gift of your opinion, ~Helen Helen Osborne, M.Ed., OTR/L Health Literacy Consulting, Natick, MA Phone: 508-653-1199 E-mail: helen@healthliteracy.com Web site: http://www.healthliteracy.com
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