Indistinguishable speech

What is indistinguisable speech?
Someone whose speech is not clearly distinguishable is continuously asked, "What did you say?" Speech is mumbled and weak, rapidly spoken and intonation is insufficient. Children as well as adults can have problems with this in making and maintaining social contacts.
Indistinguishable speech can be recognised as early on as infancy. The child may speak, for instance, but in a very monotonous tone and rather sloppily. Sometimes there is too much saliva in their speech, and it is very fast. Words with longer syllables are merged together, speech sounds are mixed up, and saying longer words is difficult. The child will not correct itself quickly, as it is not always negative reactions in their environment and could shut itself out.
Adults who have speech which is difficult to distinguish could face problems in their career if higher standards of sleech are required.
There are various causes of indistinguishable speech. Weak development in sensing the language can, for example, play a part, as can diminished use of lips, tongue and polate, or hearing which does not function well. Brain damage, too, can diminish distinguishable speech, for instance in Parkinsons'disease.
What does the speech therapist do?
The speech therapist is a professional in the area of speech, and will investigate the speech and compose a treatment plan. The treatment will first of all be aimed at becoming aware of incoherent speech. The speaker will learn to judge there own speech by using recordings. Children will get this listening training by playing games as aften as possible. The speech yjerapist will pay attention to good posture during speech and train the breathing. A lively speech is thaught; the mouth muscles will then be activated by tongue, lip, pallate and jaw exercises. In the casee of a weak language basis, attention will also be given to formulating clearly.
Learning will continuously be put into practice.
The result of treatment depends on the cause of indistinguishable speech and on personal cooperation and motivation.
The investigation and treatment for indistinguishable speech will, as a rule, be reimbursed by medical insurance, and almost every individual health insurance company, provided it has been recommended by a doctor or medical specialist.