{"id":9141,"date":"2019-07-31T05:49:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T05:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/?p=9141"},"modified":"2021-04-22T14:42:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:42:57","slug":"20-conditions-that-lead-to-dysarthria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/20-conditions-that-lead-to-dysarthria\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Conditions That Lead to Dysarthria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dysarthria is an inability to speak due to damage or injury affecting the areas in the brain that control motor activities related to speech. These motor activities include movement of the muscles in the face and the mouth that create comprehensible speech. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike other speech problems, there may or may not be difficulty producing the sound itself, but the voice may sound garbled, nasal or the words may be said too quickly or slowly or too loudly or softly. One who suffers from dysarthria is incapable of controlling their speech and the volume, rhythm, and quality of the speech may not be regular. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dysarthria is caused by a number of conditions, mostly affecting the nervous system. The person who suffers from dysarthria may realize he cannot speak clearly but may feel helpless to do anything about it. Physical and speech therapy and medications that treat the underlying condition can help relieve dysarthria. 
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1. Brain Tumor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When a tumor <\/a>grows in the brain, it can cut off regular brain functioning. This, of course, affects the entire body, including muscular movement and speech. A person has a significant chance of developing Dysarthria as a result, especially if the tumor is on the frontal lobe of the left hemisphere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there is a cancerous growth on the temporal lobe as well as the frontal lobe, a person may not only have difficulty producing coherent speech but may not be able to understand speech as well. With the treatment of cancer, a person may regain his or her ability to speak normally, but it may take a substantial amount of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speech therapy can be helpful to assist a dysarthria sufferer to regain his ability to speak normally again. In addition, when the brain is healed when the cancer is gone, speech may soon return to normal, but the weakness in the muscles may make the recovery process slow. 
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2. Guillain-Barre Syndrome<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Another illness that can lead to Dysarthria is Guillain-Barre Syndrome<\/a> which is a neurological problem that can affect muscle functioning, including muscles that control speech. The loss of the ability to speak clearly can happen quickly with this condition or represent a gradual decline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speech may become slower, slurred or may become faster, depending on how the muscles are affected. Some patients have a consistent inability to speed up speech or slow down words, or may fluctuate between being rather articulate and periods of difficulty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physical therapy and medication can help make it easier to move muscles in a way that will make speech easier, but not all patients the same way to treatment. Once the underlying condition has been treated, speech may improve, although there is a wide variation in the results of certain treatments. There may be a recovery of speech, whereas others find speaking to be an ongoing challenge. 
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3. Cerebral Palsy <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many people have heard of a condition known as cerebral palsy from the many charities that raise money for research to find a cure for this devastating neurological problem. Cerebral palsy <\/a>occurs when lesions form on the brain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many cerebral palsy sufferers have been struggling with the condition of their entire lives since these lesions often form when the person is an infant. Early-onset of the disease affects the entire development of the person, and it is possible that the child will never learn to speak properly. Prior to learning how to speak, babies may exhibit symptoms of Dysarthria through difficulties swallowing and irregular movements of the tongue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children with cerebral palsy may have problems eating and when they try to say words, there may be slurred speech, overly soft speaking or extremely loud talking. Dysarthria caused by cerebral palsy is caused entirely by this condition, and treating cerebral palsy is the key to correcting speech problems. 
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4. Lyme Disease<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lyme disease<\/a> is most often associated with ticks, but the condition is not always caused by a camping trip. Lyme disease is a spirochetal infection that affects the motor and nervous symptoms. It may carry many other symptoms aside from Dysarthria, but slurred or distorted speech may be one of the signs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike cerebral palsy, Lyme disease tends to strike those who already have developed speech, and the effect on one\u2019s ability to talk is more noticeable and can be reversed or corrected because it does not affect development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, very young children to contract Lyme disease may have Dysarthria that may have more of a permanent effect on speech. With the treatment of Lyme disease, speech should improve and may return to its former level. It is important to keep in mind when camping to wear insect repellent and try to wear long trousers and shirts.
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5. Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes Dysarthria is short-term, and speech goes back to normal when the condition is treated. With degenerative conditions, such as Parkinson\u2019s disease, dysarthria is usually not reversed but can be stalled through physical therapy and medication treating the underlying problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parkinson\u2019s <\/a>is a degenerative disease that affects the nervous system and can make speaking and swallowing difficult. Many Parkinson\u2019s sufferer\u2019s speeches are characterized by a monotone, or the tone may be like a whisper or hoarse. It may be difficult to express emotions through speech. Similarly, the muscular degeneration can affect the muscles on the face, and it can be hard to smile or swallow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medication to treat Parkinson\u2019s disease can help prevent speech problems from getting worse. Speech therapy can be useful to those with Parkinson\u2019s disease. A voice therapy program can help increase confidence, and in some cases, the ability to speak regularly. 
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6. Hypothermia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When we get cold, our teeth might start chattering, but extreme cold can lead to a major interruption of speech. Hypothermia <\/a>is a much more intense condition than merely being cold, but is accompanied by serious symptoms and may even lead to death. It often occurs when people are abandoned in the cold without shelter, and some explorers on Mount Everest have not made it home because they perished from hypothermia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among other symptoms, dysarthria may result. Hypothermia affects the hypothalamus, which controls the perception of heat and cold. When the body goes through the strain of being deprived of warmth, the body directs its main functioning to the vital organs and cognition and functioning become slowed down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dysarthria that accompanies hypothermia tends to be reversed when the body temperature goes back to normal. This may occur in a few hours or longer, but the speech problems are usually reversible. 
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7. Stroke<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the most common causes of sudden speech difficulties is stroke<\/a>. Slurred speech may be one of the first symptoms of a stroke. A person can be in the middle of a conversation and all of a sudden, one may try to talk, but the sound doesn\u2019t come out the way they expect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A stroke occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygen, often because of a blockage of the arteries that do not allow oxygenated blood to circulate properly. In the case of a minor stroke, the problem of dysarthria can gradually fade with physical and voice therapy and medication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the more severe the stroke is, the more likely speech problems are to be permanent. One good indication of whether dysarthria will be long-lasting or not is if there are other muscular problems, like a disability that results from the stroke or if one side of the body is paralyzed.
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8. Tay Sachs Disease<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Although strokes are a common source of problems like dysarthria, given how widespread strokes can be, Tay Sachs is an example of a rare condition that can cause dysarthria. Tay Sachs<\/a> is a rare genetic disease that is degenerative and can affect the speech and other organs of the body. It strikes the nervous system and muscles, such as those on the face. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The disease is passed on to a child and slowly destroys the brain and nervous system. A child with this disease may never develop motor skills, such as sitting up and crawling and can show signs of the illness from 3 to 18 months. Speech may never be heard as abnormal because they rarely learn to speak before the symptoms of Tay Sachs become apparent, although some may say a few words before it strikes. Unfortunately, those with this disease do not usually live long as the brain and spinal cord stop functioning. 
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Dysarthria can be the result of reversible problems, such as hypothermia or even migraines or degenerative diseases such as Parkinson\u2019s. With conditions like strokes, it depends on how severe the underlying problem is; some people may speak again relatively normally whereas others may lose their ability to speak entirely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever the cause of dysarthria, speech therapy can often be a useful tool to make life easier for the sufferer, and may even allow them to improve their ability to be understood. It is important to try as many methods as it takes to communicate with someone with dysarthria since many feel isolated and powerless when they lose their ability to speak clearly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can try gadgets and tools to facilitate speech with dysarthria sufferers. Always be ready to listen to take the time to allow them to communicate on their own to help them regain their confidence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n

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