Language

Other Important Influences

• If you are having trouble understanding what is said to you at times, it may be worth considering a hearing test
• If you are finding it hard to speak clearly and be understood, it may be that you have slightly less control of the muscles that work your throat and mouth, which you use when you speak. It may be that your speech sounds slurred. This is called “dysarthria”. If you think that this may be a problem for you, it may be worth contacting a speech and language therapist.
• We use breath to speak. If you are finding it hard to speak loudly enough to be heard, or you find that you need to breathe several times in a sentence, the muscles that control the breath you need for speech may not be working as well as they should. If you think that this may be a problem for you, it may be worth contacting a speech and language therapist.

See also Other Important Influences, General Information.