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Medical consultations. Sample containing about 421 words speech recorded in public context


2 speakers recorded by respondent number C294

PS206 Ag5 m (No name, age 60, general practitioner) unspecified
PS207 X m (No name, age unknown) unspecified

1 recordings

  1. Tape 090917 recorded on 1993-04-13. LocationStrathclyde: Glasgow ( doctor's surgery ) Activity: medical consultation

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(PS206) [1] Hello sir.
[2] How you doing?
(PS207) [3] Not so good. [laugh]
(PS206) [4] What have you been up to then?
(PS207) [5] Oh I think my health's breaking up.
[6] It's my ears and er [...] my back.
[7] I w I was in and seeing the Doctor [...]
(PS206) [8] Mhm.
(PS207) [9] and he's given me pills and that for it, but it's my ears [...] .
[10] This is one that's been, I've had appointment and for three times I'd had to cancel it [...] .
[11] [...] buzzing in ears when I go to bed at night.
(PS206) [12] Mhm.
(PS207) [13] I'm not getting to sleep.
[14] It's taking me oh quite a while to get to sleep and, and I'm not hearing too good.
(PS206) [15] [...] Right.
[16] Let's have a look in and see if your brains are expanding or what's happening in here.
[17] ... No wonder you're not hearing so good.
[18] No wonder you're getting a buzzing in your ears there's a big lump of concrete in there.
(PS207) [19] Is there?
(PS206) [20] Let's have another look at this.
[21] Oh my.
[22] For goodness sake.
[23] [laugh] There's a wee man with a pick and shovel in [...]
(PS207) [...]
(PS206) [24] Oh aye.
[25] It's solid.
(PS207) [26] Is it?
(PS206) [27] Absolutely solid.
(PS207) [28] I've been putting drops in it too
(PS206) [29] Aye.
(PS207) [30] quite regular.
(PS206) [31] Aye.
[32] I'll, I'll need to give you some special stuff to loosen that.
(PS207) [33] Aye.
[34] Because that's
(PS206) [35] Because it's
(PS207) [36] [...] right?
(PS206) [37] It's caught in the hairs
(PS207) [38] Mhm.
(PS206) [39] in the inside here and if we try and syringe it out it'll pull hairs out
(PS207) [40] Aha.
(PS206) [41] and irritate the skin.
(PS207) [42] Aye.
(PS206) [43] I'll give you some special stuff to get rid of that.
(PS207) [44] Cos I've been trying and trying for ages
(PS206) [...]
(PS207) [45] to get that.
(PS206) [46] No.
[47] It's the, it's absolutely solid.
[48] The, the drops are not ... not doing anything. ...
(PS207) [49] [...] seeing Doctor the other week.
[50] My back absolutely killing me.
[51] And I'm falling asleep every time I sit down. ...
(PS206) [52] We'll need to do something about that.
[53] That's not right.
(PS207) [54] Between that and my back and my knees it's [laugh] ...
(PS206) [55] [...] .
[56] Two drops of this
(PS207) [57] Aha.
(PS206) [58] in the morning.
[59] A wee bit of cotton wool just on the outside.
[60] Same on the other side.
[61] Same at bedtime before you got to bed.
(PS207) [62] Aha.
(PS206) [63] Couple drops and
(PS207) [64] Mhm.
(PS206) [65] cotton wool.
[66] And that'll
(PS207) [...]
(PS206) [67] gradually loosen that up.
[68] Come back down in about a fortnight
(PS207) [69] Aha.
(PS206) [70] and we'll just a wee gentle syringe and it'll all come away.
(PS207) [71] Smashing.
(PS206) [72] No problem at
(PS207) [73] Right.
(PS206) [74] all.
[75] ... Now then.
[76] Thirty two
(PS207) [77] Grove.
(PS206) [78] ... Grove ... [...] .
[79] ... Now is your insurance line due in about a fortnight [...] ?
[80] Aye.
(PS207) [81] Aye.
(PS206) [82] Right.
[83] Here we are then [...] and they'll have to get that sorted for [...] .
(PS207) [84] Great.
[85] Thanks.
(PS206) [86] Okay.
(PS207) [...]
(PS206) [87] [...] Right.
[88] Cheerio now.
[89] Cheerio.