| Many people can go for years suffering from isolated | | | | symptom of MS is slurred speech this may not occur |
| problems that they pay no attention to without realizing | | | | on all of the words a person is saying in the beginning |
| that they are a symptom of MS. Many of the most | | | | but may worsen as time goes on. Scanned speech is |
| common symptoms are similar to those that are | | | | when there are long gaps between words as if the |
| related to other ailments and many of them occur so | | | | person has to find each word in their memory before |
| infrequently at first that they are easy to dismiss as | | | | they can say them. |
| having an off moment in the day. However in reality if | | | | Many times the tonal quality of the person's voice |
| a person begins to see any of these signs on a | | | | changes and can become low in volume or they may |
| regular basis it is time to go see a physician before the | | | | appear to be talking through their nose. Out of all of |
| disease can advance to a more serious level. | | | | these symptoms the most embarrassing one for most |
| However speech problems are a noticeable symptom | | | | people is the problem of slurred speech; this can cause |
| of the beginnings of MS. | | | | public embarrassment or even accusations of |
| Speech disorders are a relatively common symptom | | | | drunkenness. |
| of MS with approximately 25-40 percent of those | | | | The best way to handle this symptom of MS is to talk |
| affected by multiple sclerosis and show up mostly | | | | to a speech therapist; they can suggest many ways |
| during periods of relapse and extreme fatigue. Speech | | | | to help a person overcome many of these problems. |
| is controlled by many different areas of the brain and | | | | These techniques will help a person learn different |
| brain stem, thus lesions can affect it frequently | | | | ways to strengthen the muscles that have been |
| depending on the number and size of the lesions. | | | | affected and how to slow down and articulate more |
| These speech difficulties are known as dysarthria and | | | | carefully when speaking. Breathing control is an |
| can range from mild to ones severe enough to make it | | | | important part of speech and learning to control it can |
| difficult for the person to be understood. | | | | make overcoming these issues and save the person |
| The most common speech impediment that is a | | | | from the embarrassment that can make them shy. |