Speech problems pronouncing words
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Problems with speech can include just trying to get the words out, pronouncing the words, the tonal quality of our speech, using emphasis and inflection. Problems with speech can be from weakness or spasticity of the muscles of our mouths, throats and vocal cords. Or it can be with the way our brain tries to direct the speech.
There is a particular type of speech that is characteristic of MS and is called "scanning speech." You probably have all heard it at some time.
Been experiencing problems with slurred speech and pronouncing certain words since February of this year. I tried cutting out various anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medications to see if this helped the issue, but it didn't help any.
The following things seem to make it worse -
1. Caffiene
2. Tiredness
3. High sugar content
4. Speaking with strangers or people I don't know as well
I have my good and bad days, but the issue seems to be getting worse.
My 4 year old granddaughter has obvious speech problems. It is very hard to understand her. Her speech patterns have also changed. She used to call her mother "Mama-ee" and now she calls her "Mahee". She cannot pronounce her own name, Meaghan. I want my daughter to get her a hearing test and she says she does not think she has a hearing problem.
I am worried about my son who has turned 3 in January. He has speech problems and has difficulty pronouncing most words although he is getting easier to understand and is getting slightly better he is putting words together to form sentences but i find it hard to understand him most of the time.
I wasn't always like this. In fact, when I was younger I was very fluent with the tongue and could eloquently speak even the most complex sentences. Today I am 19, and I have trouble speaking 100% and words/sentences end up being tongue twisters for me. It makes me unconfident when I want to ask a question knowing I probably wouldn't be able to say it right. It's like when I speak my tongue kind of trips itself, or better say that it gets "stiff".
I do not have Sjogrens, Lupus or any of those auto-immune diseases according to my Rheumy. I would have to say the swallowing problems came first but now my speech is being effected dry mouth or not. I do this most everyday at some point or another. This started this year, it is my fairly newest symptom.
Slow memory recall.
Impaired concentration/attention/comprehension and forgetfulness.
Numb hands with tingling and twitching in arms and legs: This symptom was present for five months but no longer have this.
Other Frequent viral/bacteria infections (sinuses/ears).
New Sinitus/Rhinitus and allergy symptoms
Heart palpitations.
Numb hands with tingling and twitching in arms and legs: This symptom was present for five months but no longer have this.
Sept. 2007 near-fainting.
Wrong words, slow word finding, trouble pronouncing words, long pauses to organize thoughts/words.
Memory: Slow memory recall.
Impaired concentration/attention/comprehension and forgetfulness.
Numb hands with tingling and twitching in arms and legs: This symptom was present for five months but no longer have this.
Other Frequent viral/bacteria infections (sinuses/ears).
New Sinitus/Rhinitus and allergy symptoms
Heart palpitations.
I know someone who has a a speech problem in that they have difficulty pronouncing words maybe an articulation problem but I am not sure. As far as I know he functions normally like he can work a job, drive, communicate normally, has quite a few friends that I know of. He can also read and write perfectly fine but that's all I know about him at the moment.
Dear Friend,
I had Bell's palsy or maybe RH and then a few years later I came down after taking too many antibiotics with terrible hearing loss and aphasia, inability to understand speech or focus on speech and problems pronouncing words. I'm really worried I won't be able to work or study anymore.
I was on a high pressurized airplane and I had taken some ampicillin and later tinidazole+doxycycline+roxithromycin and vitamin b complex.
Hi I was wondering if there is any help for my speech problem that I have. I am now 30 years old and been having this problem since I was a child. I am not quite sure what its called or even if there is a name for the problem I have. Im aware of my speech problem. Some symptoms that i have is short sentences, trouble pronouncing some words and can't really keep a long conversation. This has been affecting my life in different ways such as relationship with wife,family, friends and work.
t doubt that the language delay is due to the hearing problems. My son had severe language problems. He barely had any words at all for so long. For awhile they did suspect it was due to so many ear infections but he had great success with the tubes and then scored normally for hearing. He began speech therapy at 14 months old and had it an hour a week until he turned 3.
My oldest nephew only said 3 words (not exaggerating) at the age of 3... everyone told my sister he was slow and made her feel terrible... one day he woke up talking like an adult and is now a very intelligent 15 year old who talks constantly...
Hi,
I'm a 24-year-old male who a couple weeks ago began noticing myself having a hard time pronouncing S's here and there. My significant others couldn't notice it and so I just ignored it. A week or so later, however, I notice my tongue felt numb and tingling. I looked at it in the mirror and it appeared to be shaking. (Note: I have not noticed it shaking since that day, although it does feel numb).
I developed symptoms like, a faster speech and reading speed, whole body shaking, and difficulty performing simple mathematical operations, difficulty pronouncing and spelling some words as well as muscular pain in my calf. Shortly, all the symptoms I mentioned diminished except for the reading problem, muscular pain and speech difficulty which is noticeable when I speak loudly or angrily. I find it hard to explain exactly what happens to me with this ‘reading problem’.
once my Double vision worsen, My mind started blanking out alot, remembering words/sentences was getting harder, pronouncing words i heard especially long ones became very difficult because of this my speech seem to be affected i could no longer talk fluent, but I would 'Uh' alot or pause sentences, in my mind sentences feel like this ' I might have co---rg--ce' trouble remembering full words/pronunciation in one or more words.
In the last 8 years i started feeling stiff,my body feels heavy,i have some problems with coordination,i have some problems with pronouncing some words,and three fingers from my left arm have a slight tremor.Monday i will see e neurologist.Do you think i may have parkinson and if so could parkinson medication help me with my depression and anxiety?
Patient experiences transient difficulty pronouncing words, difficulty retrieving the correct word and often replaces the word with a similar, but incorrect word. Patient has difficulty focusing and trying to figure out how to perform job at times. Also experiencing dizziness, frequent headaches, left leg weakness when fatigued, difficulty reading d/t vision issues (Vision test performed and glasses prescribed.
I was born tongue tied (never know it was called that) lol I was fine, no speech problems at all. I didn't get it cut until I was 11. Everything has been normal ever since, my tongue is just a little short.
Hi,
I don't have MS as I see this is a forum for MS sufferers. But I've been desperately trying to find a forum with people with similar symptoms to myself and this is what came up.
For the past few months, I've been 'losing words', forgetting names of people I've known for years, or favourite actors etc. Today I wrote on my facebook "Good get used to a 3 day week" instead of "Could get used to a 3 day week".
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