French, especially the surgeons. Easiest: Middle Eastern, Korean, Chinese, Indian. nm
Posted By: I'll be different on 2006-06-30
In Reply to: which accent do you find the hardest to transcribe? - USAMT
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How about middle eastern/indian trained
in Ireland and Scotland and thus have that accent with middle eastern pronounciations - have one that sounds like Shrek!!!
Middle Eastern. I don't know why.
I can do the others with no problem at all, but there's something about the vocal tone that I literally cannot hear it properly.
middle eastern accents
I had one yesterday for that sang and hummed most of the report. He dictated in a sing-song voice that made me think he was casting some sort of spell. In between words and sentences he would say, ahhhh, ummmmmmm, and then speed ahead with the sing-song again. And it was all in a middle-eastern accent. It was an extra long report and awful. I was so jittery by the time I finally finished.
Middle-Eastern females (speak way too quietly), Russian females, blacks
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korean docs
In Korean there is no f sound, no v sound, no z sound, and l/r sound is the same letter and whether it is pronounced l or r depends on where it is in the word. Their grammar is backwards from ours. And they don't end words with -ch sound so words like lunch come out like "lunchy". same with s, can't end a word with that sound - rice - may come out like "lye-su" Yes they are very difficult.
Korean and even worse
I have one Korean with a speech impediment. It makes me want to put my face down on the desk. I have to get up and make a coffee every time. I actually need to "regroup" before I can transcribe his dictation. Another bad one is a Japanese doctor who went to medical school in France. Talk about strange-sounding. Makes you wish for an all-American physician until you get one who is a new dictator with pressured speech who whispers - who are they being quiet for anyway? Don't they know we don't have superhuman hearing (my friend calls it "dog ears" as in, "What? Does he think we have dog ears or something? Or the ones who haven't got (and never will have) the capability of speaking quickly, but do so anyway and trip over their words? Amazing!
Korean Spice Viburnum. Even sweeter than lilacs!
Korean docs are the worst in my experience of 30+ years.
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How about Chinese?
nm
Take out chinese with my MIL
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I sometimes do that with one of my surgeons
She has a very monotone way of speaking and never pauses between sentences. Rarely dictates a period or any other punctuation. Most of the time I can figure out what she is saying, but she also has a sort of stream-of-conscious way of dictating that strings things all along together. If I can't figure out clearly what it is that she's saying I leave it all as she dictates it. Like you, haven't had any fall out from that tactic, either.
After hearing some surgeons
mangle their reports, I vow to never let hm near me with a sharp object in his hand. And when they say "informed consent" I wonder who did the informing and whether the patient could understand it any better than I do.
most surgeons dictate very well sm
That is one of the best things about ops. When I say "dictate well" I mean that they normally know exactly what they are going to say and use the same phrases over and over, which means a better line count for you. Plus, you are much more likely to get normals doing ops than you are consults and H&Ps (especially in acute care). Instead of doing one of these docs who repeat everything, or change everything, or a resident who is all over the report back and forth. That is what slows you down. I absolutely love op notes; they keep you up-to-date on equipment, etc., and the line count is great, but most of them get farmed out to Spheris (gee, I wonder why?) However, if you never type OP notes, they can be difficult at first.
Chinese fish
Most of the tilapia in the stores comes from China, catfish also.. Ask your meatman BEFORE you buy and only buy US produced cats and other fish... Its your body you are putting this contaminated food into.
Because surgeons tend to be
fast, succinct dictators. Because there are very few drugs to dictate, and the surgeon is familiar with all of them (as opposed to trying to dictate lists of meds as the patient wrote them in a history). Because surgeons tend to do the same sorts of procedures over and over, and the smart, efficient ones learn to dictate the same reports over and over so they won't leave anything out. That means an MT who gets him frequently can make normals to use over and over and save time. If an MT is fortunate and the software is very, very good, she can put jump codes in so she can jump from one particular spot to the next to fill in details that change. An example would be doing cataract surgery, where the main thing that changes is the IOL specific information. Because surgeons usually hate to dictate, so the reports are often as short and efficient as possible. Because it's not psych (or whatever the MT hates most, lol).
Chinese, especially when eating something. nm
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Love Chinese food (nm)
Go out almost never, but do Chinese and pizza twice a week. nm
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I type for three hand surgeons
I type for three hand surgeons and I have yet to see a WC claim go through without a big, big fight to pay for carpal tunnel surgery. Yet if you use any pneumonic tools, or drive and clinch a steering wheel -- truck driver, they will pay. But they seriously say that it is not the typing that causes it and will find some underlying cause to be the primary cause of it. All three docs agree. I got CT when I was working in the hospital answering phones a lot and clinching the phone and had the surgery -- 20 years ago. Now with typing sometimes 10 hours a day, never have a problem but guess I am lucky. Anyway you can try but it is a long, slow battle for you to climb and you will definitely need an attorney. Watch out if you are more than 15 to 20% overweight also, they will blame it on that.
Patti
I do tapes too for 5 surgeons Mon-Thurs.
tapes I really do Monday thru Wednesday, Thursday my day off but if there are tapes here, I do them and pass on the day off.....
Yep, there will always be the smaller office or the MDs who like the personal touch of us doing personal deliveries, having just ONE MT do their work.....and these guys are all in their 30-40s.....they will not change because I have had them for YEARS..... and they are all within 8 miles of my home....I'm lucky
I'm in Eastern NC, too - where are you?
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where in eastern AR? Me too
cool
I transcribe a Chinese doc who stutters. It's a mess. nm,
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why not try eastern montana
if you already work for a national why not go for eastern Montana renting or buying real estate is much cheaper and horse acres much easier to find
Old Chinese Proverb: If you offer cheap labor, they will come.
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I have never had a hernia repair either, but I have done transcription for general surgeons for 14 y
They usually tell people to plan on 4-6 weeks depending on the lifting requirements of their job. Have you asked your surgeon yet? They should be able to give you a good estimate.
Brain surgeons and the U.S. President take vacations; so can you. The world won't stop if you do!
Maybe 1-2 x a month(with kids), and usually order out on Friday's - Pizza or Chinese -
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Makes sense, I understand that surgeons will dictate the same report over and over, but....
none of my surgeons do them the same way each time. I have let's say an appendectomy from Dr. Smith, I pull up the appy report that I have saved from him....he will change all the words like and, the, or change the subject and verb, and it seems I change most of it anyway. I have tried to enjoy them, but you are right, hardly any drugs, I will keep that in mind. BTW, I love lengthy, detailed psych reports, they are my fave! Thanks for you reply!
Eastern Maine Medical Center
I miss working with other people. I miss having a QA person or a supervisor I know and can go talk to. I miss the hospital gossip and hearing about people's grandkids. Sigh. I left them to work at home figuring it would be all that. But it's not. Sigh....
$3.40 in eastern NC. I just sat in line for an hour to get gas, and they had a $35 limit. nm
Do U live in eastern TN..Just curious.think I knowU.nm
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southern, northern, eastern, western--sm
what difference does it make where anybody is from...how about being a *bleeding heart* for ALL life...not just human and not just animals. God gave everything that breathes life, and we should respect that. human or animal. JMO
Eastern European -- Russian, Polish, etc.
Whatever is easiest for you is the
most productive for you. I use ABCZ and then my own abbreviations that are easier for me to remember.
I think French just might be
my least favorite accent. Despite my French teacher bragging about what excellent speakers the French are, never saying um, just having fast flowing speech, when dictating in English, the ones I've done have had some serious stammering, poor enunciation, extra words, and many unexplained word choice changes, and it's all I can do not to scream and grind my teeth the moment I hear that accent.
I'd love to tell my snotty French teacher that, too.
French!
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French for me too.
nm
You must be French or something because it is
(singular)
▸ noun: the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
▸ adjective: grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
(plural)
▸ noun: the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
▸ adjective: grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
pleural is a medical term, regarding the lungs....
the easiest way to decide (sm)
Is to ask yourself how you would feel if the tables were turned... then you will have your answer. And also, the best piece of advice I ever got was "if you have to ask, you already know the answer".
One of the easiest ones I've ever done, wish I still had it!!! nm
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The easiest way would be to break into...sm
acute care for the same company you do clinic for if they have acute care available. If not it is going to be hard. The company you are currently with would be more likely to train you to do acute care because they know what your capabilities are.
You will want to sway the easiest way for you
If it is a one-doctor practice, you want to purchase the handheld.
Try www.transcriptiongear.com for options regarding either FTP or call-in system depending on the volume.
www.vancedigital.com offers an FTP site that is easy to use and you pay on usage; fairly inexpensive.
I would suggest for tapes that you give them a list of courier services because once you start to pick and drop off work and tapes you'll lose valuable time.
I like to get out during the week so I do deliver but the pay is awesome and I can't bring myself to not pick up, plus it allows me to network.
Sticky notes a great idea. I was actually thinking a pen with my business name on it, but haven't gone that route as of yet.
Good luck to you.
I agree, that's the easiest &
cheapest way to go, partition the HD. You could even have separate HDs if you wanted to. I have had both setups over the years. Of course, I'm married to my "tech person" - lol.
French Ed. major
with English Ed minor and Music minor. No jobs around here in Northern Indiana, and extended family is here, so once started having kids, kind of just fell into this work. Love it, though, love using the Latin I had years ago.
Bob for French fries!!
LOL
Don't get it......what does French sounding name
nm
also had a French Canadian
very difficult... now if I ever hear a doctor with a New Zealand accent I think I will recognize it - very distinctive - have heard it only in a few movies.
Unfortunately, CS seems to be the easiest debt to skip out on
You'll get into more trouble if you bounce a $25 check. I have used one of those private agencies because my ex had moved out of state and once that happens, if the ex doesn't want to pay and moves around in jobs, you can pretty much forget about getting anything.
The private agency works a lot faster, but the contracts are very complicated and you are pretty much signing up for the life of the CS obligation; otherwise there has be nonpayment of CS for a year before you can end the contract. And yes they take a big chunk of money but at the time I thought it was better than getting nothing at all.
But in the end, once payments have been established, the private agency ends up filtering the payment through your local CSEA anyway.
I think your best bet is to use some kind of locator service and if you can get a good address provide that to your local CSEA.
I wish they had an "America's Most Wanted" for deadbeat dads/moms. It's amazing to me that it is seemingly so easy to stop paying, change jobs, and just not be found.
Easiest and fastest way is to Google sm
once found, click on the manufacturer's website. That way you will always have the correct spelling, etc.
Easiest guacamole recipe
I just mash the avocadoes, open a jar of my favorite salsa, pour off the excess liquid without squeezing the veggies, add lemon or lime juice, a little salt and pepper and done.... It's always the 1st thing gone whenever I bring it somewhere.
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