Speech Impairment: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Speech Impairment

The provider will likely ask about the speech impairment. [medlineplus.gov]

[…] and specific aspects of speech impairment, notably repetition deficits, in individuals with aphasia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Speech and language impairment may be any of several problems that make it difficult to communicate. The following are common speech and language disorders. [medlineplus.gov]

Alpha-Mannosidosis

impairments; increased risk of infections; enlargement of the liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly); a buildup of fluid in the brain (hydrocephalus); hearing loss; and a [clinicaltrials.gov]

impairments; increased risk of infections; enlargement of the liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly); a buildup of fluid in the brain (hydrocephalus); hearing loss; a clouding [ismrd.org]

People with beta-mannosidosis may experience an increased risk of respiratory and ear infections, hearing loss, speech impairment, swallowing difficulties, poor muscle tone [ismrd.org]

Stroke

Depending on which area of the brain is affected, a stroke can cause speech impairments, paralysis, unconsciousness, or even death. [merckmanuals.com]

He required three brain surgeries and still suffers left-side paralysis, speech impairment and a 50 percent loss of vision from both eyes. [washingtonexaminer.com]

Wernicke Aphasia

Characteristics of Wernicke’s Aphasia Speech is fluent with typical prosody and intonation Speech does not make sense; the words do not make a coherent thought Speech often [aphasia.com]

A person with Wernicke’s aphasia is often unaware of their errors, and also has a comprehension impairment. [aphasia.com]

[…] includes neologisms, or invented words that have no meaning Impairment with repeating words/phrases Impairment understanding, often severe Writing is impaired and output [aphasia.com]

Huntington Disease-Like Type 3

Additional symptoms may also occur that may be associated with Huntington's such as: anxiety, stress, tension, difficultly swallowing and speech impairment. [en.wikibooks.org]

[…] gait, posture and balance Difficulty with speech or swallowing Impairments in voluntary movements — rather than involuntary movements — may have a greater impact on a person's [mayoclinic.org]

Symptoms Include: Personality changes, mood swings & depression Forgetfulness & impaired judgment Unsteady gait & involuntary movements (chorea) Slurred speech, difficulty [hdsa.org]

Giacheti Syndrome

impairment 31 HP:0002167 2 specific learning disability 31 HP:0001328 3 long face 31 HP:0000276 4 high forehead 31 HP:0000348 5 tall stature 31 HP:0000098 6 hypotelorism [malacards.org]

Neurological speech impairment MedGen UID: 11531 •Concept ID: C0037822 • Disease or Syndrome A term referring to disorders characterized by the disruption of normal speech [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a neurological childhood (pediatric) speech sound disorder in which the precision and consistency of movements underlying speech are impaired [asha.org]

Mitochondrial Membrane Protein-Associated Neurodegeneration

For example, patients with normal amounts of brain iron who have early-onset parkinsonism, severe speech impairment, perseverative movements, or pigmentary retinopathy may [nejm.org]

[…] vision; problems with speech (dysarthria); difficulty swallowing (dysphagia); and, in later stages of the condition, an inability to control the bowels or the flow of urine [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] problems that occur in individuals with MPAN include degeneration of the nerve cells that carry visual information from the eyes to the brain (optic atrophy), which can impair [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

Kleine-Levin Syndrome

Speech impairments are also common such as; monosyllabic, slurred and childish speech. (3) Altered perceptions: most patients report feeling ‘disconnected’ with the real world [globalgenes.org]

There might also be associated speech impairments like slurred, childish or monosyllabic speech. [epainassist.com]

Cognitive impairment may manifest in form of impaired speech (94%), concentration problems (91%), temporal and spatial disorientation (87 and 43%, respectively). [symptoma.com]

Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency

[…] in head control, crawling, or standing, and speech delays2,3 Developmental delay n=49 Movement disorders Oculogyric crisis1 Episodes of sustained upward or lateral deviation [aadcinsights.com]

[…] hypotonia, poor head control, limb hypertonia, dyskinesia, dystonia, oculogyric crisis, hypokinesia and/or bradykinesia, delayed developmental milestones (motor, cognitive, and speech [bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com]

Speech is dysarthric and difficult. [medlink.com]

Myotonia Congenita

When the tongue is stiff it can impair speech and the student may sound drunk. [medigoo.com]

Early-Onset Alzheimer Disease

Summary Epidemiology EOAD represents less than 1% of all cases of AD. Clinical description Initial findings of EOAD are mainly disorders of episodic memory or changes in behavior. The patient is often anosognosic and the diagnosis is therefore carried out with the help of a family member. Neurological signs that can be[…] [orpha.net]

Receptive Aphasia

Dealing with family members with the condition It is often a problem trying to work out how to communicate everyday things to a speech-impaired person. [receptiveaphasia.com]

impairment due to aphasia NOS ( R47.01 ) speech articulation impairment due to apraxia ( R48.2 ) Type 2 Excludes speech articulation impairment due to hearing loss ( F80.4 [icd10data.com]

[…] articulation impairment with mixed receptive expressive language developmental disorder ( F80.2 ) Agnosia (body image) (other senses) (tactile) R48.1 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis [icd10data.com]

Angelman Syndrome

impairment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Severe speech impairment is a striking feature of AS. Speech is almost always limited to a few words or no words at all. [encyclopedia.com]

[…] boy, who was referred to us with a clinical suspicion of having Angelman syndrome and presenting with mental retardation, neurological disorder, developmental delay and speech [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Familial Developmental Dysphasia

The literal meaning of aphasia is “no speech”. The speech impairment can vary from no speech at all to a difficulty in naming just a few objects. [ayushveda.com]

Study 1 - Oral motor control in developmental and acquired speech and language impairment Specific speech and language impairment seems to occur in between 2-7% of children [down-syndrome.org]

S 1999 840 Prosodic influences on speech production in children with specific language impairment and speech deficits: kinematic, acoustic, and transcription evidence. [malacards.org]

Primary Progressive Aphasia

Motor speech impairment is rarely reported in semantic and logopenic variants of PPA. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 68-year-old right-handed man with a 2.5-year history of progressive speech impairment who had a vasectomy 25 years prior. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The prominent clinical feature was motor speech impairment associated with only mild agrammatism. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Type 10

impairment Speech disorder Speech impairment Speech impediment [ more ] 0002167 Optic atrophy 0000648 5%-29% of people have these symptoms Ataxia 0001251 Behavioral abnormality [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Movement disorder Unusual movement [ more ] 0100022 Developmental regression Loss of developmental milestones Mental deterioration in childhood [ more ] 0002376 Neurological speech [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Type 7

[…] and language development Deficiency of speech development Delayed language development Delayed speech Delayed speech acquisition Delayed speech development Impaired speech [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

[…] and language development Impaired speech development Language delay Language delayed Language development deficit Late-onset speech development Poor language development [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Autosomal recessive inheritance 0000007 Blindness 0000618 Cerebellar atrophy Degeneration of cerebellum 0001272 Cerebral atrophy Degeneration of cerebrum 0002059 Delayed speech [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Cleft Uvula

[1] Although structural speech disorders were not the subject of this review, might we make an appeal that when assessing children with speech impairment, a routine element [bmj.com]

Someone with a bifid uvula can be prone to ear infections and may develop speech impairments, although this is not necessarily always the case. [wisegeek.org]

This can result in a predisposition to ear infections, speech impairments and possibly cause difficulty swallowing. This may result in some regurgitation during feeding. [health.onehowto.com]

Beta-Mannosidosis

We describe a further case of European descent with an infantile onset of the disease, with the features of speech impairment as the first symptom. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case Reports Human beta-mannosidosis: a 3-year-old boy with speech impairment and emotional instability L Poenaru et al. Clin Genet. 1992 Jun. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

impairment Speech disorder Speech impairment Speech impediment [ more ] 0002167 Recurrent infections Frequent infections Frequent, severe infections Increased frequency of [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Apraxia

Three groups were studied: 11 children with childhood apraxia of speech, 11 children with other speech impairments, and 11 children without speech impairments. [nyu.edu]

This study explored the relationship between speech and volitional nonspeech oral movement impairment in a sample of 50 participants with AOS. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] that sounds "nasal" or "stuffy" Apraxia of Speech Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a neurologic speech disorder that reflects an impaired capacity to plan or program commands in [sphsc.washington.edu]

Friedreich Ataxia

The type of speech impairment most commonly reported in hereditary ataxias is dysarthria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clinical manifestations include GAIT ATAXIA, pes cavus, speech impairment, lateral curvature of spine, rhythmic head tremor, kyphoscoliosis, congestive heart failure (secondary [hon.ch]

Accompanied by ataxia, speech impairment, lateral curvature of the spinal column, and peculiar swaying and irregular movements, with paralysis of the muscles, especially of [whonamedit.com]

Sotos Syndrome

The disorder is often accompanied by mild cognitive impairment; delayed motor, cognitive, and social development; hypotonia (low muscle tone), and speech impairments. [ninds.nih.gov]

Speech impairment is also seen with individuals with this syndrome. In addition, such individuals may have problems with delayed motor skills such as with walking. [epainassist.com]

Klinefelter Syndrome with Male Phenotype with more than Two X Chromosomes

impairment;HP:0002204|Pulmonary embolism;HP:0002205|Recurrent respiratory infections;HP:0002564|Malformation of the heart and great vessels;HP:0002648|Abnormality of calvarial [pediascape.org]

Striatonigral Degeneration

Symptoms of the disorder resemble some of those seen in Parkinson's disease, including rigidity, instability, impaired speech, and slow movements. [ninds.nih.gov]

impairment Tremor Urinary incontinence Urinary retention Postural hypotension can be treated by drinking plenty of fluids, increasing salt intake, limiting caffeine intake [healthcommunities.com]

Symptoms of the disorder resemble those of Parkinson's disease, including rigidity, instability, impaired speech, and slow movements. [sharecare.com]

Alcoholic Neuropathy

impairment, diarrhoea, constipation. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

impairment. [healthgrades.com]

impairment Loss of muscle function or feeling Muscle contractions or spasm Muscle atrophy Movement disorders Note: Changes in muscle strength or sensation usually occur on [ragingalcoholic.com]

XXXXY Syndrome

49,XXXXY syndrome is a rare sex chromosome aneuploidy syndrome characterized by mental retardation, severe speech impairment, craniofacial abnormalities, multiple skeletal [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract 49,XXXXY syndrome is a rare sex chromosome aneuploidy syndrome characterized by mental retardation, severe speech impairment, craniofacial abnormalities, multiple [journals.sagepub.com]

Anodontia

The congenital absence of at least one permanent tooth is the most common dental anomaly and may contribute to masticator dysfunction, speech impairment, aesthetic problems [ipfs.io]

The Anodontia of at least one permanent tooth is the most common dental anomaly and may contribute to masticator dysfunction, speech impairment, aesthetic problems, and malocclusion [definitions.net]

Mowat-Wilson Syndrome

Some cases also present with epilepsy, growth retardation with microcephaly and speech impairment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Mowat-Wilson syndrome is a genetic condition characterized by a recognizable facial phenotype in addition to moderate to severe cognitive disability with severe speech impairment [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Affected individuals present distinctive facial features, delayed development, motor skills and intellect, speech impairment, brain abnormalities, seizures, intestinal disorders [amplexa.com]

Boxer's Dementia

impairment Unsteady gait Paranoia Management / Interventions[edit | edit source] There is no known cure yet, but individuals with this condition may be managed as patients [physio-pedia.com]

[…] edit source] These include;[6] Declining mental ability (dementia) Problems with memory Dizzy spells Lack of balance and/or Parkinsonism Tremors and lack of coordination Speech [physio-pedia.com]

Congenital Malformation Syndromes Involving Early Overgrowth

Distal 15q trisomy or tetrasomy is associated with a characteristic phenotype that includes mild to moderate intellectual disability, abnormal behavior, speech impairment, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

impairment Widely spaced teeth Hypoplasia of the maxilla Constipation Falls Infertility Sleep disturbance Abnormal cerebellum morphology Focal seizures Drooling Aspiration [mendelian.co]

Symptoms include; ataxia with trembling limbs, impaired expressive speech and a typically happy hyperactive temperament, with a short attention span, laughing, and sleep disturbances [news-medical.net]