Speech difficulties in PD

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:26 am Post subject: Speech Difficulties in PD

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Dear Doctor,

I understand about half of all people with PD are likely develop difficulty with speech. The speech changes that occur are due to inco-ordination and reduced activities of muscles that control the speech mechanism.

The main difficulties I have experience are:
Loss of volume, pitch, range and intonation in the voice.,
speech being either too fast or too slow
uncontrolled repetitions of sounds, words or phrases;
slurred speech;
difficulty initiating speech;
reduced facial expression and natural gesture; and
a harsh, breathy voice

Kindly brief us what is the causes, effects and relief of speech difficulties.

Speech difficulties can and do cause embarrassment and social isolation.

Is it related with the jaw tremor or trauma ( the shock caused by unpleasant and upsetting experience) ?

Is it associated with the dysfunction of lip, tongue and jaw?

Best regards

TEOKIMHOE

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Dr. Fernandez



Joined: 20 Jan 2007
Posts: 90

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:01 am Post subject:

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Teo,

In the ask the doctor forum, we try to answer every question posed to us, especially those that specifically relate to a case.

While we answer some theoretical questions every now and then, I hope you understand if we cannot devote as much time to open-ended questions that ask about mechanisms, cuases, effects, etc.

Also, you might want to ask our speech clinicians your question. I am sure that they will provide a more elegant explanation to your questions.

Yours,
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Hubert H. Fernandez

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