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Speaking difficulty

Speaking difficulty: Introduction

Speaking difficulty: The occurrence of difficulty communicating through speech. See detailed information below for a list of 117 causes of Speaking difficulty, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Speaking difficulty:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Speaking difficulty. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Vocal cord damage
• Throat damage
• Transient ischemic attack
• Stroke
• Brain tumor
• Brain cancer
• Brain abscess
• Brain cyst (see Brain tumor)
• Head injury
• Multiple sclerosis
• Motor neurone disease
• Guillain-barre syndrome
• Underactive thyroid gland
• Shy-Drager syndrome
• Sydenham's chorea
• Moebius syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Conversion disorder
• Multiple system atrophy
• Hearing impairment
• more causes...»

See full list of 117 causes of Speaking difficulty

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Speaking difficulty: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Speaking difficulty, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Speaking difficulty and Communication symptoms (104 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Nerve symptoms (104 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Speech symptoms (104 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Movement symptoms (98 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Muscle symptoms (97 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Head symptoms (92 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Musculoskeletal symptoms (92 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Face symptoms (87 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Mouth symptoms (72 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Eye symptoms (69 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Sensory symptoms (66 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Throat symptoms (63 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Coordination problems (62 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Muscle weakness (59 causes)
• Speaking difficulty and Esophagus symptoms (59 causes)
• more...»

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Speaking difficulty Treatments

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Stories from Users for Speaking difficulty

Real-life user stories relating to Speaking difficulty:

• My MOM can not Speak
• speaking of suing for MALPRACTICE......
• Difficulty speak, confusion, and pain in left side face
• My MOM can not Speak
• Difficulty Speaking/Concentrating

Speaking difficulty: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Speaking difficulty may include these symptoms:

• Communication symptoms
• Nerve symptoms
• Speech symptoms
• Movement symptoms
• Muscle symptoms
• Head symptoms
• Musculoskeletal symptoms
• Face symptoms
• Mouth symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Speech symptoms (1393 causes)
• Communication symptoms (1386 causes)
• more symptoms...»

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• Speaking
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Speaking difficulty

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Speaking difficulty:

• Hoarseness (417 causes)
• Deep voice (25 causes)
• Voice symptoms (550 causes)
• Slurred speech (250 causes)
• Difficulty speaking (55 causes)
• Delayed speech
• Vocal cord damage
• Throat damage
• Transient ischemic attack (23 causes)
• Stroke (192 causes)
• Brain tumor (27 causes)
• Brain cancer
• Brain abscess (66 causes)
• Brain cyst
• Head injury (3 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Speaking difficulty: Deaths

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Detailed list of causes of Speaking difficulty

The list below shows some of the causes of Speaking difficulty mentioned in various sources:

• 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase II Deficiency - speaking difficulty
• Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome - speaking difficulty
• Ataxia -- oculomotor apraxia, type 1 - speaking difficulty
• Ataxia-oculomotor apraxia syndrome - speaking difficulty
• Athetoid Cerebral Palsy - speaking difficulty
• Basal Ganglia Disease, Adult-Onset - speaking difficulty
• Basilar artery insufficiency - speaking difficulty
• Botulism food poisoning - speaking difficulty
• more causes...»

See full list of 117 causes of Speaking difficulty

How Common are these Causes of Speaking difficulty?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Speaking difficulty. Of the 117 causes of Speaking difficulty that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 1 causes are "very common" diseases
• 2 causes are "common" diseases
• 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 2 causes are "rare" diseases
• 7 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 109 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 117 causes of Speaking difficulty

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Speaking difficulty:

The following list of conditions have 'Speaking difficulty' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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• 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase II Deficiency ... speaking difficulty

A

• Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome ... speaking difficulty
• Ataxia -- oculomotor apraxia, type 1 ... speaking difficulty
• Ataxia-oculomotor apraxia syndrome ... speaking difficulty
• Athetoid Cerebral Palsy ... speaking difficulty

B

• Basal Ganglia Disease, Adult-Onset ... speaking difficulty
• Basilar artery insufficiency ... speaking difficulty
• Botulism food poisoning ... speaking difficulty
• Brain tumor, adult ... speaking difficulty

C

• Cerebellar ataxia syndrome ... speaking difficulty
• Cerebral Autosomal Recessive Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy ... speaking difficulty
• Cerebral Palsy, Ataxic, Autosomal Recessive ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Bromophos ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Button batteries ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Carbaryl ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Chlorfenvinphos ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Chlorpyrifos ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Coumaphos ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Demeton-S-methyl ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Diazinon ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Dichlorvos ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Dicrotophos ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Dioxathion ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Disulfoton ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Ethion ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Fensulfothion ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Fenthion ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Glufosinate ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Malathion ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Methidathion ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Methiocarb ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Methomyl ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Methyl Bromide ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Parathion ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Phosdrin ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Profenofos ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Propoxur ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Terbufos ... speaking difficulty
• Chemical poisoning -- Tetraethyl Pyrophosphate ... speaking difficulty
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... speaking difficulty

D

• Decreased salivary function ... speaking difficulty
• Decreased salivation ... speaking difficulty
• Dejerine-Roussy syndrome ... speaking difficulty
• Dry mouth ... speaking difficulty
• Dysphonia, chronic spasmodic ... conscious effort needed to speak
• Dystonia 1, Torsion, Autosomal Dominant ... speaking difficulty
• Dystonia Musculorum Deformans 1 ... speaking difficulty
• Dystonia musculorum deformans type 1 ... speaking difficulty

E

• Elapid poisoning ... speaking difficulty
• Erythrokeratodermia ataxia ... speaking difficulty

F

• Fatal familial insomnia ... speaking difficulty
• Fazio-Londe syndrome ... speaking difficulty

G

• Generalized Myasthenia Gravis ... speaking difficulty

H

• Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia ... speaking difficulty

I

• Idiopathic dystonia DYT1 ... speaking difficulty
• Infantile onset spinocerebellar ataxia ... speaking difficulty

K

• Kocher-Debre-Semelaigne syndrome ... speaking difficulty

L

• L1 Syndrome ... speaking difficulty
• Lafora body disease ... speaking difficulty
• Lafora disease ... speaking difficulty

M

• Marchiafava-Bignami disease ... speaking difficulty
• Marinesco-Sjogren I ... speaking difficulty
• Metabolic encephalopathy ... speaking difficulty
• Mixed Cerebral Palsy ... speaking difficulty
• Mohave Rattle snake poisoning ... speaking difficulty

N

• Nephthytis poisoning ... speaking difficulty
• Neuroferritinopathy ... speaking difficulty
• Neuroferritinopathy (adult-onset basal ganglia disease) ... speaking difficulty
• Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome ... speaking difficulty

O

• Olivopontocerebellar atrophy I ... speaking difficulty
• Oppenheim's dystonia ... speaking difficulty

P

• Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration ... speaking difficulty
• Peace lily poisoning ... speaking difficulty
• Perisylvian syndrome ... speaking difficulty
• Primary Lateral Sclerosis ... speaking difficulty
• Proximal spinal muscular atrophy, Adult, autosomal recessive ... speaking difficulty
• Proximal spinal muscular atrophy, type 4 ... speaking difficulty
• Proximal spinal muscular atrophy, type IV ... speaking difficulty

R

• Ramsay Hunt syndrome Type II ... speaking difficulty

S

• SCHAD deficiency ... speaking difficulty
• Serratia respiratory tract infection ... speaking difficulty
• Sjogren's Syndrome ... speaking difficulty
• Skunk cabbage poisoning ... speaking difficulty
• Spastic dysphonia ... speaking difficulty
• Spinal muscular atrophy, Adult form ... speaking difficulty
• Spinocerebellar ataxia 4 ... speaking difficulty
• Spinocerebellar ataxia 5 ... speaking difficulty
• Spinocerebellar ataxia-dysmorphism syndrome ... speaking difficulty
• Split-leaf philodendron poisoning ... speaking difficulty
• Spongiform encephalopathy ... speaking difficulty
• Sydenham chorea ... speaking difficulty
• Syringobulbia ... speaking difficulty

T

• Thalamic Syndrome (Dejerine Roussy) ... speaking difficulty
• Tropical Spastic Paraparesis ... speaking difficulty
• Type 10 17b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency ... speaking difficulty

W

• Wax begonia poisoning ... speaking difficulty

X

• X-linked mental retardation -- hypotonia ... speaking difficulty

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Causes of Speaking difficulty Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Speaking difficulty based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

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Classifications of Speaking difficulty:

Medical Conditions associated with Speaking difficulty:

Speech symptoms (1393 causes), Communication symptoms (1386 causes)

Symptoms related to Speaking difficulty:

Hoarseness (417 causes), Deep voice (25 causes), Voice symptoms (550 causes), Slurred speech (250 causes), Difficulty speaking (55 causes), Delayed speech, Vocal cord damage, Throat damage, Transient ischemic attack (23 causes), Stroke (192 causes), Brain tumor (27 causes), Brain cancer, Brain abscess (66 causes), Brain cyst, Head injury (3 causes), Multiple sclerosis, Motor neuron disease

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