The Krempels Brain Injury Foundation's
Oral History Project

Every year over 7,000 people in New Hampshire suffer a brain injury caused by trauma, tumor or stroke. Some are your neighbors, your friends, or your family.

The goal of this project is to increase awareness of this unique population that often goes unseen and unheard.

The Oral History Project provides SteppingStones members a chance to tell their stories…stories of hope and triumph of the human spirit. Through a question and answer format, member interviewers digitally record the stories of other members. Members and student intern teams then edit and package these stories for The Krempels Brain Injury Foundation website and distribution to local libraries, schools and universities.

SteppingStones' Oral History Project was featured in a November 2006 article in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's publication, The ASHA Leader.  The article, written by University of New Hamsphire's Communication Sciences and Disorders professor Michael Fraas and graduate student intern Meg Calvert, highlights the stories of the "silent epidemic" of brain injury.

Stories From a "Silent Epidemic": Oral History Project Counters Myths About Traumatic Brain Injury.  PDF - Click here for Adobe Reader.

Thank you to The Oral History Project team.

Program Directors:
Meg Calvert, University of New Hampshire Speech Therapy Intern
Lory Chase, SteppingStones Member
Marquis Walsh, SteppingStones Volunteer
Michael Fraas, Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of New Hampshire.

Technical Director: Shane Pouliot, SteppingStones Member
SteppingStones Member Interviewers: Lory Chase, Hank Gill, Russ Moore, Paul St. Jean, Seth Davidson, Sarah Green.
UNH Occupational or Speech Therapy Interns: Jamie Selvidio, Mandy Roberts, Sarah Wolfenden, Cass Chapman, Kristy Golt, Cass Chapman, Emily Tretter.
North Hampton School, Class of 2005: Mike MacArthur, Steve Brown, and Kara Colarusso

The below oral histories are available as mp3 files which may be downloaded and opened with any mp3 player or software capable of playing mp3s (iTunes, Window Media Player…). Please be patient while downloading.

Robert Boutin (36:04 / 10.3 MB)	Joe Griffin (21:40 / 6.2 MB)	Scott Pelletier ( 24:15 / 7 MB)
Lory Chase (16:16 / 4.7 MB)	David Halloran (43:18 / 12.4 MB)	Shane Pouliot (24:40 / 7.1 MB)
Seth Davidson (21:01 / 6 MB)	Dr. Ted King (31:42 / 9.1 MB)	John Sajkowicz (7:27 / 2.1 MB)
Lee Ann Downing (22:05 / 6.3 MB)	Steve Marshall (30:46 / 8.8 MB)	Barbara Wentworth (29:13 / 8.4 MB)
Hank Gill (32:01 / 9.2)	Jacki Mike (13:09 / 3.8 MB)	Keith Wilson (9:13/ 2.7 MB)
Sarah Green (27:52 / 8 MB)	Russ Moore (24:21 / 7 MB)
Jamey Burnham (29:10 / 8.4 MB)	Casey Maynard (29:16 / 8.3 MB)	Paul St. Jean (34:29 / 9.8 MB)
Shelley Grizzle Freeman (24:49 / 7.1 MB)	Doug Dufresne ( 25:45 / 6.3 MB)	Bernie Thibault (22:41 / 5.4 MB)
Roy Goudreault 15:24 / 3.7 MB	Jeff La Chance (24:10 / 5.8 MB)	Ashley Pouliot (17:02 / 2.92 MB)
Dennis Winski (41:16 / 9.5 MB)	Dick Hurd (17:22 / 4 MB)	Dorit Ternes (27:03 / 6.2 MB)
Jarrod Limbert (9:04 / 2.1 MB)	Phyllis Pirkl (17:29 / 4.2 MB)	Sharon Ross (23:21 / 4 MB)
Victor DeWildt (28:47 / 4.9 MB)