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I was just woundering ....is there anyone who has a speech probblem
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Speech
- By caffee1962
- Posted March 7, 2009 at 10:21 pm · 16 replies
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- By eoffg
- Posted March 8, 2009 at 4:06 am
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Hi Michael and welcome here.
Speech is a complex process, what sort of problems do you have with it?
Geoff,
- By MichelleN
- Posted March 8, 2009 at 8:03 am
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I have a few problems with speech. 1 I can't seem to shut up and sometimes I don't even realize what I'm saying.
I can't always come up with words, but I am starting to be able to just try to find other words that are close.
Michelle
- By caffee1962
- Posted March 8, 2009 at 12:42 pm
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My speech is harsh...it is hard to understand me at times
- By caffee1962
- Posted March 8, 2009 at 12:45 pm
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ya I understand that ...mine is harsh and hard to understand....its hard to say what I'm wanting at times
- By MichelleN
- Posted March 8, 2009 at 1:02 pm
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Having trouble coming up with words seems to be fairly "normal" with E's. It's not just people with E though.
I have to be told to slow down, change my tone, and change my volume. I forgot I have those problems.
I have problems with my friends who have trouble hearing because I can't control my volume. If I try really hard sometimes I can make my voice a little lower and that helps for hearing impaired people to hear me, but I have to completely focus on that.
Michelle
- By IngridGuerci
- Posted March 8, 2009 at 2:18 pm
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I have problems using the right words or even thinking of what the right word might be. LOL. And then when people try to help me figure it out I forget what I was talking about in the first place!
Ingrid
- By xoxoxoxoxo
- Posted March 8, 2009 at 3:11 pm
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Ingrid I know how you feel on that note.....lol
- By armandsgrandmother
- Posted March 8, 2009 at 4:48 pm
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I often say the exact opposite of what I mean, for example "hot" instead of "cold," etc. And I lose words, too.
- By Lynn-Joy
- Posted March 8, 2009 at 7:59 pm
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All of the above and also I'll be having a conversation and stop because I've forgotten what I'm talking about.The other problem I have is following other peoples conversations.
take care
Lynnie xoxo
- By curlycanuck
- Posted March 8, 2009 at 8:16 pm
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Following other people's conversation is difficult for me. I have less trouble with written conversations as in books or in emails or forums such as this. It may be that I have an auditory processing disorder.
I also have had problems with word recall for my entire life, luckily my peers are catching up with me as we all age.
- By curlycanuck
- Posted March 8, 2009 at 8:18 pm
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Oh and my speech is somewhat monotonistic. I don't put in the normal inflections other do.
- By writehanded
- Posted March 10, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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I'm with you, Lynn-Joy...It's not so much the speech thing as it is following the conversation. It can be easy to stop to ponder a word or have some unrelated connection pop up and by the time I get back to what the conversation is about, I no longer can remember very well what we were talking about. That's when it's time to shut up and start mumbling "uh-huh" for a while until I can rembember it again. Now, what was I writing about?
Regards,
Bob
- By MichelleN
- Posted March 10, 2009 at 1:15 pm
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I say the opposite from what I mean sometimes. I mix up words with the similar pronunciations.
I don't have any inflections from what I'm told. I think I think them and they just don't come out. I've found that happens too often recently.
Michelle
- By Lynn-Joy
- Posted March 10, 2009 at 6:47 pm
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one thing I've noticed since I've had Encephilitis is how many people will interrupt you when you are speaking, now that for me is a disaster as whatever I was saying just leaves me, then they say your quiet today, it's not that I'm quiet I'm just trying to remember!!
I also have problems reading , it used to be one of my greatest joys, now I can never take in what I'm reading so I've become a CD junkie.
Sorry I've gone off the track of the subject, speech, Oh well if you guys don't understand nobody will!!
Take care Lynnie xoxoxoxo
- By MichelleN
- Posted March 10, 2009 at 8:21 pm
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You didn't go off track. Distraction is a big part of why I have problems with conversation. My problem is I'm never quiet especially when I lose track.
I don't read books anymore and I used to love it I've been told. Now I'm a research junkie or as I call it a research-aholic.
Michelle
- By caffee1962
- Posted March 10, 2009 at 9:18 pm
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hey Lynn-joy I understand I get interrupted all the time and noone will take me serious. Because I repeat myself alot of the times So I keep quit most of the time.
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