MS can cause speech to sound slurred, strained, or jerky, and it can interfere with the ability to find the right word in conversation. Learn how MS speech problems can be managed.

Open heart surgery in an otherwise fit man was the start of 9 admissions in 6 months and a clinical course dominated by recurrent pleural effusion, dependent oedema and eventually a severe infection.

A research team led by Prof. Li Hai from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

Hypokinetic dysarthria also manifests as a lack of variability in pitch or loudness, wherein a patient may demonstrate monopitch, monoloudness, or reduced use of conversational inflection.

Fortunately, there are a number of such options available for the clinical management of hypokinetic dysarthria, ranging from speech therapy to wearable assistive devices.

Objectives A consensus study to establish a Core Outcome Set for dysarthria after stroke identified four key outcome domains that should be measured in research and clinical practice: (1) ...

Dysarthria and anarthria refer to a condition that interferes with the muscles that control speech. Anarthria is a severe form of dysarthria.

My first “real” symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) involved my speech center, in my cerebellum. My symptoms were enough to scare the now famous MS specialist Stephen Hauser, MD. He gave me a very ...

Myasthenia gravis patients show higher rates of dysarthria, dysphonia, dysphagia, and aspiration pneumonia compared to non-affected individuals. Despite high disorder rates, most myasthenia gravis ...

Introduction: Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder frequently associated with subcortical damage. However, the precise roles of the subcortical nuclei, particularly the basal ganglia and thalamus, in ...