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Common clinical features of ataxic dysarthria include abnormalities in speech modulation, rate of speech, explosive or scanning speech, slurred speech, irregular stress patterns, and vocalic and consonantal misarticulations. [13] [14] Ataxic dysarthria is associated with damage to the left cerebellar hemisphere in right-handed patients. [15]
Parkinson's can affect the voice in several ways, including speech that’s softer or has a breathy or hoarse-like quality, speaking in a monotone, mumbling, slurring and a faster or slower ...
Speech disorders affect roughly 11.5% of the US population, and 5% of the primary school population. [5] Speech is a complex process that requires precise timing, nerve and muscle control, and as a result is susceptible to impairments. A person who has a stroke, an accident or birth defect may have speech and language problems. [6]
Speech therapy has proven most effective for linguistic dysprosody because therapy for emotional dysprosody requires much more effort and is not always successful. One way that people learn to cope with emotional dysprosody is to explicitly state their emotions, rather than relying on prosodic cues.
Speech may be slurred and vision may be impaired (double vision, inability to focus), but hearing and awareness remain normal. [citation needed] Cataplexy attacks are self-limiting and resolve without the need for medical intervention.
She, 36, thought her slurred speech was a migraine. Her co-worker noticed she was having a stroke. Now, she wants people to know acronym BE FAST to detect the signs.
Aphasia, also known as dysphasia, [a] is an impairment in a person’s ability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. [2] The major causes are stroke and head trauma; prevalence is hard to determine, but aphasia due to stroke is estimated to be 0.1–0.4% in developed countries. [3]
Throughout, Ray speaks slowly. But fans were quick to diagnose the video as a serious issue. "I think it's a mini stroke," one viewer wrote. "Part of her mouth seems sinking.