hi there
My usual speech problems relate to weakness of my tongue and left cheek, which basically makes my speech pretty naff. But not too bad - a lot better than it was.
But, that particular problem is with a tongue that can't physically do the job it needs to do, but I still understand what I am meant to be doing. There are all sorts of movements I can't make with my tongue but I am used to that. This is a permanent problem, just part of what makes me me if you know what I mean.
This new problem is different, and only happens sometimes. It started with this whole flare that started a couple of months ago, and is persisting. It's more about me not understanding the sound I need to make to complete a word. I start out ok, and get the first sound of the word but then it all just comes to bits and I don't know how to make the next sound, but the sound is still coming out of my mouth and it just turns into the sort of garbled unformed sound that can best be described as the sort of sound that someone who has had a really bad stroke that has affected their speech.
It is more about me not knowing how to do it, rather than talking with weak muscles. It is really weird, and very annoying when it happens. I have learnt to just push through it and keep speaking as I can usually go on talking normally.
Just weird, I would like to know what this is, so I can start reading up about it. I am wondering if my speech is becoming apraxic. I am apraxic anyway in terms of movement (makes neuro exams a nightmare unless it's a doc who understands apraxia), but this has the same crazy inconsistant feeling that my apraxia has.
anyway, just burbling along here about something that is a little annoying just now - I think the best thing I can do is just ignore it and keep talking, not much else I can do really
cheers
raglet
My usual speech problems relate to weakness of my tongue and left cheek, which basically makes my speech pretty naff. But not too bad - a lot better than it was.
But, that particular problem is with a tongue that can't physically do the job it needs to do, but I still understand what I am meant to be doing. There are all sorts of movements I can't make with my tongue but I am used to that. This is a permanent problem, just part of what makes me me if you know what I mean.
This new problem is different, and only happens sometimes. It started with this whole flare that started a couple of months ago, and is persisting. It's more about me not understanding the sound I need to make to complete a word. I start out ok, and get the first sound of the word but then it all just comes to bits and I don't know how to make the next sound, but the sound is still coming out of my mouth and it just turns into the sort of garbled unformed sound that can best be described as the sort of sound that someone who has had a really bad stroke that has affected their speech.
It is more about me not knowing how to do it, rather than talking with weak muscles. It is really weird, and very annoying when it happens. I have learnt to just push through it and keep speaking as I can usually go on talking normally.
Just weird, I would like to know what this is, so I can start reading up about it. I am wondering if my speech is becoming apraxic. I am apraxic anyway in terms of movement (makes neuro exams a nightmare unless it's a doc who understands apraxia), but this has the same crazy inconsistant feeling that my apraxia has.
anyway, just burbling along here about something that is a little annoying just now - I think the best thing I can do is just ignore it and keep talking, not much else I can do really
cheers
raglet