apraxia network meeting notes feb 13

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Apraxia Network Meeting Notes 2/13/08

Jeanne Buesser opened the meeting at 7:20pm. March 5th will be the next

meeting. Don't forget about checking out the abilitiesexpo.com website.

Jeanne's talk was postponed to next year for the abilities expo.

She introduced Dr Eisenberg a ear, nose, and throat specialist from

Englewood. He spoke about parents two wanted to have their apraxic children

under go tonsillectomies and adnoidectomies to cure their apraxia. Dr

Eisenberg stressed that these operations should only be performed for

medical reasons such as overly enlarged tonsils that restrict air flow, and

continually infected tonsils and/or adenoids. He mentioned that these

operations are not dangerous, and have few side effects. Many children have

significant better health after the operation, but tonsillectomies and

adenoidectomies are not cures for apraxia, per se.

Dr Eisenberg spoke about some children who suffer from disturbed sleep

patterns, causing them to be lethargic during the day. Their school work

suffers as a result because of inattention and sleepiness at school. He

commented that some children with ADHD are bed-wetters.

After the first hours of his presentation he took questions from the floor.

At

8:40, Jeanne thanked Dr Eisenberg for his informative talk. He can be

contacted at ENT and Allergy Associates, 177 North Dean St, Englewood, NJ.

(201) 567-2771 or Hackensack, NJ office at (201) 883-1062.