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Steve Woodmore could rapidly articulate at a rate of 637 words per minute, [3] [4] [5] four times faster than the average human. [6] [7]Woodmore first realised his skills at rapid speech when he was seven years old.
Pressure of speech (or pressured speech) is a speech fast and frenetic (i.e., mainly without pauses), including some irregularities in loudness and rhythm or some degrees of circumstantiality; it is hard to interpret and expresses a feeling/affect of emergency.
Cluttering is sometimes confused with stuttering. Both communication disorders break the normal flow of speech, but they are distinct. A stutterer has a coherent pattern of thoughts, but may have a difficult time vocally expressing those thoughts; in contrast, a clutterer has no problem putting thoughts into words, but those thoughts become disorganized during speaking.
Various units of speech have been used as a basis for measurement. The traditional measure of speed in typing and Morse code transmission has been words per minute (wpm). However, in the study of speech the word is not well defined (being primarily a unit of grammar), and speech is not usually temporally stable over a period as long as a minute ...
Tachylalia occurs in many clutterers and many people who have speech disorders. Tachylalia is a generic term for speaking fast, and does not need to coincide with other speech problems. Tachylalia may be exhibited as a single stream of rapid speech without prosody , and can be delivered quietly or mumbled.
Certain foods have also been shown to help clear congestion, says Dr. Mercola. “Raw garlic, when chopped or crushed to release its beneficial compounds, can help fight infection.”
The Associated Press has a simple solution: take a breather. Whether the conversation veers into a political minefield or Uncle Bob just won’t stop, the AP suggests calmly excusing yourself from ...
However, more recent mechanical larynxes have demonstrated similar voice production to commercially available electrolarynxes. [4] Electrolarynxes were introduced in the 1940s, at a time when esophageal speech was being promoted as the best course in speech recovery; however, since that technique is difficult to master, the electrolarynx became ...