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Tom, is it a matter of 'lost for words', or are the thoughts behind the words also less acurate? The brain is not a muscle. Is general brain deterioration, or of the language center, part of PD? I find often, in conversation, I will 'fumble the words', or say the words with the letters switched around (ex.: I could say "with the swetters litched around"). Another thing I'm expriencing is the tendency to talk so fast that I use an abreviated pronunciation, such as prob'ly or once 'na wall (once in a while). This phenomenon happens when I'm practicing piano, doing repetitive technical exercises. I have to really concentrate to do them at a consistent tempo. And I will keep going faster, in the exercise or in speech, til I crash and burn. As far as singing, well, I do really good at imitating the growlers like Dr. John, Tom Waits, and the ZZ Top song, "La Grange". In other words, I don't sing, I croak. Enjoy Spring! Rick McGirr Email: [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom McCreary" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 9:43 AM Subject: Re: Citalopram/speaking skills > Rick, > > regarding your inquiry regarding speech impairment. i have noticed i can not > sustain a note like i was able to before. Think about, PD weakens muscles > and what is the diaphragm? Operated by a set of muscles. i want say i could > ever carry an "idol" quality tune but i could at least handle a controlled > note. Then there is the issue of articulation. Yep, tongue and jaw muscles > weaken. > > Now, contrary to what i was told in the beginning (dx ' 91) that there > wasn't much evidence of diminished mental acuity, i have difficult finding > words i know that i know i just cant find them for awhile. > > Tom > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R.Rajaraman" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 5:15 AM > Subject: Re: Citalopram/speaking skills > > > > > > Hi Rick: > > Speech impediment is a major draw back when PD gets worse. I understand > > it may take different forms in different people. However, my first > > symptom > > was speech impediment. When I was lecturing in my class, I could feel my > > tongue got twisted and the words may not come out straight. One of my > > friends got his voice go down completely, no body can hear what he says, > > but > > he can still walk without much trouble! Fortunately, there is some > > treatment > > for this probem, and that is LEE Silverman's VoiceTherapy of LSVT for > > short. > > Unfotunately they make this training very expensive. As usual, everybody > > wants to make a killing out our ailment. You should contact your PD group > > and find out more about it. I understand the sooner you start the better > > chance one avoids thus impediment. > > Raj > > ********** > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mary Ann Ryan" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 10:08 AM > > Subject: Re: Citalopram/speaking skills > > > > > >> Rick wrote: > >> >I wasn't aware of lack of verbal skills, or reduction in conversation > >> > being a PD symptom. Can anyone corroborate? > >> > >> My husband has had terrible trouble with verbal skills. He stopped > >> conversing effectively long before his body stopped functioning. Now he > > has > >> difficulty expressing even simple thoughts. > >> > >> He does suffer from a significant degree of dementia - so it is hard to > >> determine whether the speech difficulties have come from PD or from the > >> dementia. > >> ----------- > >> God bless > >> Mary Ann (CG Jamie 65/25) > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn