I been diagnosed with dysarthria after and accident with a drunk driver , its frustrating when you have to repeat yourself cus your not understood and its already taking a lot of energy just to get a paragraph out, God bless you young man I wish you the best in recovering
I was talking like that a few weeks back. My brain scan was clear, the speech impediment came on slowly. I have improved but all by myself with no help from no one, as doctors were saying they didn't know what the matter was with me. I am also very breathless. It's a difficult journey to get better, if ever. I've had one neurologist tell me it was all in my mind. That hurt a lot, as I'm elderly and very contented in my life and would never do such a thing as be a fake. The dysphonia can get almost better only to deteriorate a short while later. It stops you socialising. I hope this young man gets the support and help he needs as I know how frustrating life can be by not being understood.
Potato Dreams Hi Potato Dreams. Thank you for asking. Life has been a struggle, as nobody has helped me or given me a diagnosis. I still speak badly, but have noticed I start off talking fairly clearly but my speech deteriorates as I keep talking. I've seen a speech therapist but she wasn't much help at all. I think what is worse than anything is that nobody cares enough to want to help. My only hope is one neurologist of whom I travelled a long way to see and he thinks my speech problems are dystonic and connected to my lower back problem of camptocormia and has referred me to another neurologist. I get very depressed at times as my dysphonia is very isolating. A very heavy cross to bear. I hope you are well. If you need to, I'd be happen to listen to you and give you comfort in any way I can. Love and Peace to you.
Caprice123 Hello, I'm sorry to hear you are experiencing this, and that health care professionals have not been helpful so far. I hope the people you see next are more helpful to you. You are right to keep persuing them because it does sound like it could potentially be neurological in nature or it could be something else that may resolve with time, but of course it is always best to seek medical advice. It is very good news and very reassuring to know that doctors and SLTs etc. have not idetified and diagnosed these symptoms as being part of a serious neurological condition, so thank god that has been ruled out. I am training to be a speech therapist now and learning about motor speech disorders for a final exam on them tomorrow. I hope you don't mind me saying so, but please remember to concentrate on the positives about your health abd your life , and remember that enjoyable communication and effectively expressing your message is important, rather than having a 'perfect' voice or speech, and that like any part of your body or action, you have to keep speaking for your speaking to improve and to gain more confidence! Don't let this hold you back from fully enjoying your life and enjoying communicating with those you wish to. Wishing you all the best for the future :)
Hi, I think it's better for you to see a neurologist and a speech - language therapists. It might be due to a transient ischemic stroke or an early onset of a degenerative disease
Spastic dysarthria is caused by damage to both hemispheres of the brain (bilateral damage to the upper motor neurons). Aside from a brainstem stroke, it can also be the result of traumatic brain injury or possibly a tumor that affects both hemispheres of the brain.
@imbrizz probably a stroke. Moyamoya disease is a chronic progressive nonartherosclerotic occulsive vascular disease that most frequently affects children, adolescents, or young adults (Duffy, 2005)
its really not too difficult to understand most of what he is saying, so you could assume that he has already come a long way from where he began. I hope with time, his case will be one that continues to improve dramatically. Bless this young man for his courage, and bless this doctor for choosing to do this as his career, and being so patient. This makes me very grateful to have strong verbal communication ability.
would you mind telling me what he talked about in “reading paragraph” part? I am not an English native speaker, so it’s a little bit hard for me to understand what he said. Thanks:D
How old is this original video? Does anyone else feel as though the clinician is a bit condescending to the client. The clinician is almost speaking to the man in a way he should in children's therapy- especially if the only disorder of this man is the dysarthria.
