ANA Discussion Forum
General Category => AN Issues => Topic started by: robinstwo on September 29, 2008, 03:30:05 pm
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I would like to know if anyone who has gone thru surgery had their speach change. I have issues with certain letters and now speak with an English/German accent. You would never know I'm from the South! I am now 8 weeks post op and I hope I will get to sound like my old self again. Therapist doesn't know why my speach changed since I can make the correct sounds.
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If your tongue/teeth/mouth are having problems that's your explanation. I'm about 10 weeks post-op and am having the same problem (though not with a German accent!). I can make all the appropriate sounds as well, but once I've been talking for a while my speech deteriorates. As you recover I'm sure it will get better. Mine has improved (only slightly) so hopefully yours will as well.
Best,
Marci
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Hi,
I had the same problem. My teeth and tongue weren't working right and my entire right side was too slow. In addition, my voice was very weak. I went to the speech therapist and was diagnosed with flaccid dysarthria. I am now 15 months post-op and happy to report that I don't have any speech issues. For a while there I could not pronounce multisyllabic words as well as talk loudly or for a long time but that is OK now.
Eve
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Thanks. I was not expecting my speech to change but, we deal with it. :) My mother & friends think it's cute. Of course I don't. It is encourging to know that it will change.
Robin
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Post op my voice changed so that I sounded like Mickey Mouse - no kidding :P
I was cracking everybody up, but I personally found it very annoying.
My neurotologist said if it didn't change back to normal, he was going to stick a scope down my throat at my first post op office (9 days after surgery). Thankfully, the problem went away on its own.
Jan
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Jan~
Gosh, I wish Lori was posting right now - I would love to hear her response to that one!! ;D I guess you would've been Minnie!
K