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Progressive diseases and disorders of the brain can have a huge impact on communication skills. There are a number of diseases or disorders that can affect the brain and communication. These can include, tumours, dementia, or a progressive neurological disease such as Parkinson’s or Multiple Sclerosis. Although we cannot usually halt the development of some of these diseases, there are many things we can do to improve and facilitate communication during this time.
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Dysarthria refers to a speech difficulty that may occur following an injury or disease to the brain, cranial nerves or nervous system. Dysphonia is a hoarseness, weakness or loss of voice. Following a stroke dysarthria and/or dysphonia may occur making speech difficult and often reducing intelligibility. There are a number of treatment options that can be used to facilitate speech.
Dysarthria effects your speech and can make your speech, hoarse, breathy and often unintelligible. One simple strategy to use to help people to understand you is to use an alphabet chart. Naturally you can use this to spell words out if you are not understood.
However, a quicker way is to just point to the first sound of the word you are trying to say.
When the listener knows the first sound they can often cue into the rest of the word as you say it by listening to your speech and intonation, and using the context of the conversation.
Dysarthria effects your speech and can make your speech, hoarse, breathy and often unintelligible. One simple strategy to use to help people to understand you is to use an alphabet chart. Naturally you can use this to spell words out if you are not understood.
However, a quicker way is to just point to the first sound of the word you are trying to say.
When the listener knows the first sound they can often cue into the rest of the word as you say it by listening to your speech and intonation, and using the context of the conversation.
