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Symptom: Speech symptoms



Introduction: Speech symptoms

Further information about Speech symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Speech symptoms: difficulty talking, slurred speech, Speech disorders, speech changes, incoherent speech, aphasia, difficulty speaking, speaking difficulty or other types.

Speech symptoms generally means symptoms such as slurred speech, inability to speak, or other disorders of speech. For changes in the voice or other vocal symptoms, see voice symptoms. Speech problems can indicate various serious medical conditions, and require prompt professional medical attention.

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Causes of Types of Speech symptoms:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Speech symptoms:

See full list of 59 types for Speech symptoms

Speech symptoms: Multiple Symptom Checker

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

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Speech symptoms

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

Diagnostic Guides for Speech symptoms

12 MEDICAL SYMPTOM BOOKS: FULL TEXT ONLINE! Read the full text of published book sections related to Speech symptoms from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Speech symptoms. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Speech symptoms

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DYSARTHRIA

  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs"

HOARSENESS

  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs"

SPEECH ABNORMALITIES

  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs"

Dysarthria

  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"

Hoarseness

  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"

Hoarseness

  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"

HOARSENESS

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"

DYSARTHRIA AND SPEECH DISORDERS

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"

Dysarthria

  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"

Hoarseness

  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"

Dysarthria

  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"

Hoarseness

  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"

Hoarseness

  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"

Hoarseness

  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"

Aphasia/Dysarthria

  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"

Dysarthria

  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"

Dysarthria

  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"

Hoarseness

  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"

Hoarseness

  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"

Dysarthria

  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

Hoarseness

  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Medications or substances causing Speech symptoms:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Speech symptoms as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

See full list of 19 medications causing Speech symptoms

Drug interactions causing Speech symptoms:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Speech symptoms as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Primidone and Isocarboxazid interaction
  • Apo-Primidone and Isocarboxazid interaction
  • Myidone and Isocarboxazid interaction
  • Mysoline and Isocarboxazid interaction
  • PMS-Primidone and Isocarboxazid interaction

See full list of 42 drug interactions causing Speech symptoms

Organs affected by Speech symptoms:

The list of organs typically affected by Speech symptoms may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Speech symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Speech symptoms mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 515 causes of Speech symptoms

How Common are these Causes of Speech symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Speech symptoms. Of the 515 causes of Speech symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 4 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 7 causes are "common" diseases
  • 6 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 18 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 19 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 472 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 515 causes of Speech symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Speech symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Speech symptoms' 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.

Symbols

  • 1q deletion ... speech retardation
  • 3-methylglutaconic aciduria, type 1 ... speech delay
  • 3C syndrome ... speech defect
  • 3q deletion ... speech retardation

    A

  • Aarskog-Ose-Pande syndrome ... delayed speech development
  • Aceruloplasminemia ... dysarthria, slurred speech
  • Acromesomelic dysplasia Hunter Thompson type ... speech defect
  • Adenoid cystic carcinoma ... speech changes
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy ... speech difficulties, aphasia, aphasia
  • Adult SMA ... difficulty speaking
  • African Sleeping sickness ... difficulty talking, slurred speech
  • Albinism deafness syndrome ... mutism
  • Alcohol abuse ... slurred speech
  • Alcohol drinking ... incoherent speech, slurred speech
  • Alcohol-Induced Disorders ... incoherent speech, slurred speech
  • Alexander Syndrome ... speech abnormalities
  • Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome ... speaking difficulty
  • Alopecia - hypogonadism - extrapyramidal disorder ... dysarthria, speech difficulties
  • Alport Syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Alzheimer disease 10 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease 12 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease 13 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease 14 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease 15 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease 5 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease 6 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease 7 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease 8 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease 9 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease type 1 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease type 2 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease type 4 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease, familial ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 1 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, type 3 ... speech problems
  • Alzheimer's Disease ... loss of speech, difficulty speaking
  • Alzheimer's disease without Neurofibrillary tangles ... speech problems
  • Amphetamine abuse ... talkative
  • Ampola syndrome ... speech defect
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... difficulty speaking
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 1 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 2 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 3 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 4 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 5 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 6 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 7 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 8 ... slurred speech
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry ... speech impairment
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 1 ... speech impairment
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 2 ... speech impairment
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 3 ... speech impairment
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 4 ... speech impairment
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 5 ... speech impairment
  • Angelman syndrome ... absent speech, diminished speech
  • Aphasia ... jumbled speech, unrelated words though clearly articulated, difficulty speaking, inability to form sentences
  • Arnold Stickler Bourne syndrome ... speech defect
  • Arteriovenous Malformation ... loss of speech
  • Asperger syndrome ... speech and language peculiarities
  • Asthma ... difficulty speaking
  • Ataxia ... difficulty pronouncing words
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia ... slurred speech
  • Ataxia, spastic with congenital miosis ... dysarthria, slurred speech
  • Ataxia-oculomotor apraxia syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ... talking too much
  • Auriculo-condylar syndrome ... speech problems
  • Autism ... No gesturing by 12 months, No babbling by 12 months, not talking, No two-word phrases by 24 months, No single words by 16 months

    B

  • Babinski-Nageotte syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Bahemuka Brown syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Bannayan-Zonana syndrome ... speech delay
  • Barbiturate abuse ... trouble talking
  • Basal ganglia calcification, idiopathic 1 ... dysarthria
  • Basilar artery migraine ... dysarthria
  • Behcet's Disease ... impaired speech
  • Bell's Palsy ... difficulting speaking
  • Benign astrocytoma ... aphasia
  • Benign essential tremor syndrome ... speech impairment
  • Binswanger's Disease ... speech difficulties
  • Bipolar disorder ... excessive talkativeness, talking very fast
  • Botulism food poisoning ... speech difficulty, speaking difficulty
  • Brailsford ... delayed talking
  • Brain - bone - fat ... speech defect
  • Brain cancer ... speech problems
  • Brain conditions ... Dysarthria
  • Brain tumor, adult ... speaking difficulty
  • Branchial arch syndrome X-linked ... speech defect
  • Bristowe's syndrome ... loss of speech
  • Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome ... speech difficulty

    C

  • CACH syndrome ... slurred speech
  • Calcification of basal ganglia with or without hypocalcemia ... speech problems
  • CANOMAD syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Cardiomyopathy - hearing loss, type t RNA lysine gene mutation ... slurred speech
  • Catatonic syndrome ... mutism
  • Central pontine myelinolysis ... speech problems
  • Cerebellar abscess ... speech difficulties
  • Cerebellar ataxia syndrome ... speaking difficulty
  • Cerebellar ataxia, infantile with progressive external ophthalmoplegia ... speech difficulty
  • Cerebellar degeneration ... slurred speech
  • Cerebellar degeneration, subacute ... dysarthria
  • Cerebral abscess ... speech difficulties
  • Cerebral Atrophy ... speech impairment
  • Cerebral hemorrhage ... speech problems
  • Cerebral Palsy ... speech difficulty, speech defects
  • Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome ... speech difficulties
  • Cerebrorenodigital syndrome ... speech defect
  • Cerebrovascular accident ... difficulty talking or swallowing
  • Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 10 ... loss of speech
  • Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 8 ... speech impairment
  • Childhood-onset cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy ... speech problems
  • Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia ... impaired speech
  • Chromosome 10p deletion syndrome ... aphonia, speech retardation, speech retardation
  • Chromosome 12p duplication syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 12p tetrasomy syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 13 ring syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 15 inverted duplication ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 15 Ring ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 15q triplication syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 17p, partial deletion ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 18 Ring ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 18q, partial deletion ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 2, monosomy 2p22 ... speech defect
  • Chromosome 20 ring ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 22q deletion syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 22q13 deletion ... speech difficulties
  • Chromosome 2p deletion syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 3, trisomy 3p ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 4 ring syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 6p deletion syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 7p deletion syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 7p duplication syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 8 trisomy syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 8p mosaic tetrasomy ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 8q deletion syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome 9q duplication syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Chromosome partial trisomy 22q11q13 ... absence of speech
  • Classic childhood ALD ... dysarthria (poorly articulated speech)
  • Classic migraine ... speech difficulty
  • Cleft palate ... speech defects
  • Coffin-Lowry syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Combarros Calleja Leno syndrome ... slow speech
  • Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation ... dysarthria
  • Continuous spike-wave during slow sleep syndrome ... aphasia
  • Conversion Disorder ... aphonia
  • Cornelia de Lange Syndrome ... abnormal speech development
  • Corticobasal Degeneration ... hesitant and halting speech, speech difficulty
  • Creatine deficiency, X-linked ... speech delay
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... speaking difficulty, mutism, mutism
  • Cri-du-chat syndrome ... communication difficulties
  • Cyclosporine toxicity ... slurred speech

    D

  • Déjerine-Roussy syndrome ... speaking difficulty
  • Davenport-Donlan syndrome ... speech defect
  • Davis-Lafer syndrome ... speech problems
  • De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome ... abnormal speech
  • Deafness - lymphoedema - leukemia ... mutism
  • Delayed speech - facial asymmetry - strabismus - ear lobe creases ... delayed speech development
  • Delirium ... incoherent speech
  • Demyelinating disorder ... Dysarthria, speech problems
  • Developmental dysphasia, familial ... speech defect
  • Diabetic hypoglycemia ... slurred speech
  • Dialysis encephalopathy syndrome ... dysarthria, speech problems, slurred speech
  • DiGeorge syndrome ... speech problems
  • Dinno-Shearer-Weisskopf syndrome ... speech defect
  • Dykes-Markes-Harper syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Dysphasic dementia, hereditary ... speech problems
  • Dysphonia, chronic spasmodic ... aphonia, conscious effort needed to speak
  • Dystonia 12 ... dysarthria, speech problems
  • Dystonia musculorum deforms 4 ... speech problems
  • Dystonias ... speech difficulties

    E

  • East African Trypanosomiasis ... difficulty talking, slurred speech
  • Ectodermal dysplasia - alopecia - preaxial polydactyly ... speech defect
  • Ectodermal dysplasia - blindness ... speech problems
  • End Stage Liver Failure ... incoherent speech
  • Ependymoma ... speech problems
  • Epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic crisis ... slow speech, dysarthria
  • Episodic ataxia syndrome ... slurred speech
  • Episodic ataxia, type 1 ... slurred speech
  • Episodic ataxia, type 2 ... dysarthria, slurred speech
  • Episodic ataxia, type 5 ... dysarthria
  • Episodic ataxia, type 6 ... slurred speech
  • Erythrokeratodermia ataxia ... speaking difficulty
  • Erythrokeratodermia with ataxia ... dysarthria

    F

  • FACWA syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Fahr's Syndrome ... dysarthria (poorly articulated speech)
  • Familial hypertryptophanemia ... speech problems
  • Familial isolated deficiency of vitamin E ... slurred speech
  • Familial porencephaly ... speech problems, absent speech development
  • Fatal familial insomnia ... speaking difficulty
  • Fazio-Londe syndrome ... speaking difficulty
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome ... speech impairment
  • Fitzsimmons-Guilbert syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Fitzsimmons-Walson-Mellor syndrome ... speech defect
  • Floating Harbor Syndrome ... speech delay
  • Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome ... speech difficulty
  • Fragile-X Syndrome ... cluttered speech
  • Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome ... speech difficulty
  • Friedreich ataxia - congenital glaucoma ... slow speech, speech problems, slurred speech
  • Friedreich's ataxia ... speech problems, slurred speech
  • Frontotemporal dementia ... altered speech output, mutism, mutism
  • Frostbite ... slurred speech

    G

  • Galactosemia I ... speech problems
  • Ganglioglioma ... speech problems
  • Gangliosidosis GM1 type 3 ... dysarthria
  • German syndrome ... speech disorders
  • Gerstmann's Syndrome ... aphasia
  • Ghosal syndrome ... speech defect
  • Glioblastoma ... impaired speech
  • Glioma ... speech problems
  • Gliomatosis cerebri ... speech problems
  • Gliosarcoma ... speech problems
  • Glutamate decarboxylase deficiency ... speech defect
  • Grand-Kaine-Fulling syndrome ... speech problems
  • Granulomatous Angiitis of the Central Nervous System ... aphasia

    H

  • Hallervorden-Spatz disease ... dysarthria, speaking difficulty
  • Heavy metal poisoning ... Speech difficulties
  • Heidenhain syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Hemoglobin S/hemoglobin Lepore, Boston ... aphasia
  • Hemoglobin S/hemoglobin O, Arab ... aphasia
  • Hemoglobin SC ... aphasia
  • Hereditary ataxia ... speech problems
  • Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy 3 ... speech problems
  • Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia ... speaking difficulty
  • Histidinemia ... speech retardation
  • Homocystinuria ... delayed speech development
  • Homocystinuria syndrome ... delayed speech development
  • Howard-Young syndrome ... speech defect
  • Huntington's Disease ... slurred speech
  • Hydroxyacyl-coa dehydrogenase, type 2, deficiency ... dysarthria, speech delay, speech delay
  • Hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria syndrome ... speech delay
  • Hypoglycemia ... slurred speech
  • Hypoglycemic attack ... slurred speech
  • Hypomagnesemia primary ... dysarthria
  • Hypothyroidism ... slow speech
  • Hysteria ... loss of speech

    I

  • Ichthyosis - alopecia - eclabion - ectropion - mental retardation ... speech defect
  • Idiopathic facial palsy ... difficulty speaking
  • Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome ... slurred speech
  • Impairment of oral perception ... speech delay
  • Inborn amino acid metabolism disorder ... speech problems
  • Infantile onset spinocerebellar ataxia ... speaking difficulty
  • Infantile sialic acid storage disorder ... impaired speech
  • Intestinal pseudo-obstruction ... speech disturbances
  • Isoniazid toxicity ... slurred speech

    J

  • Jankovic-Rivera syndrome ... speech defect
  • Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma ... speech problems
  • Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis ... slurred speech

    K

  • Kleine-Levin Syndrome ... incoherent speech
  • Klinefelter syndrome ... speech difficulty, delayed talking
  • Kocher-Debre-Semelaigne syndrome ... speaking difficulty
  • Kuru syndrome ... aphonia, slurred speech

    L

  • Lafora disease ... speaking difficulty
  • Landau-Kleffner Syndrome ... aphasia
  • Lhermitte-Cornil-Quesnel syndrome ... aphonia, dysarthria
  • Lhermitte-McAlpine syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Lindstrom syndrome ... speech defect
  • Lissauer paralysis ... aphasia
  • Locked-in Syndrome ... inability to speak
  • Low birth weight - dwarfism - dysgammaglobulinemia ... speech defect
  • Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone, deficiency of, with ataxia ... speech defect

    M

  • Möbius syndrome ... speech difficulties
  • Machado-Joseph Disease ... speech difficulty
  • Macrogyria, pseudobulbar palsy and mental retardation ... speech defect
  • Marchiafava-Bignami disease ... speaking difficulty
  • Marie type ataxia ... speech difficulty
  • Marinesco-Sjögren I ... speaking difficulty
  • Marinesco-Sjogren-like syndrome (MSLS) ... speech difficulty
  • MASA Syndrome ... aphasia
  • Medulloblastoma ... impaired speech
  • Meinecke syndrome ... speech defect
  • Melanoma - astrocytoma syndrome ... speech problems
  • Mende syndrome ... mutism
  • Meningioma ... aphasia
  • Mental retardation - arachnodactyly - hypotonia - telangiectasia ... speech defect
  • Mental retardation - blepharophimosis - obesity - web neck ... speech defect
  • Mental retardation - coloboma - slimness ... speech defect
  • Mental retardation - hip luxation - G6PD variant ... speech defect
  • Mental retardation - hypotonic facies syndrome, X-linked, 1 ... speech defect
  • Mental retardation - short broad thumbs ... speech defect
  • Mental retardation X-linked dysmorphism ... speech defect
  • Mental retardation X-linked, South African type ... mutism
  • Mental retardation, Buenos Aires type ... speech defect
  • Mental retardation, Smith-Fineman-Myers type ... speech defect
  • Mental retardation, X-linked - acromegaly - hyperactivity ... dysarthria
  • Mental retardation, X-linked - choreoathesis - abnormal behavior ... speech impairment
  • Mental retardation, X-linked - dystonia - dysarthria ... dysarthria
  • Mental retardation, X-linked - gynecomastia - obesity ... speech problems
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, 12 ... absent speech, aphasia, mutism, mutism
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, 16 ... speech abnormalities
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Cabezas type ... speech impairment
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic, due to JARID1C mutation ... impaired speech
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Vitale type ... speech defect
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Wittwer type ... speech defect
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Zorick type ... inability to speak
  • Metachromatic Leukodystrophy ... speech abnormalities
  • Methylmalonicacidemia with homocystinuria, cbl D ... speech problems
  • Microcephaly - cervical spine fusion anomalies ... speech defect
  • Microcephaly - deafness syndrome ... speech defect
  • Microcephaly, primary autosomal recessive ... delayed speech development
  • Microcephaly, primary autosomal recessive, 1 ... delayed speech development
  • Microcephaly, primary autosomal recessive, 2 ... delayed speech development
  • Microcephaly, primary autosomal recessive, 3 ... delayed speech development
  • Microcephaly, primary autosomal recessive, 4 ... delayed speech development
  • Microcephaly, primary autosomal recessive, 5 ... delayed speech development
  • Microcephaly, primary autosomal recessive, 6 ... delayed speech development
  • Microencephaly ... delayed speech development
  • Microphthalmia, syndromic 7 ... speech retardation
  • Migraine ... speech difficulty
  • Minamata disease ... impaired speech
  • MN1 ... aphasia
  • Mobius syndrome ... speech difficulties
  • Motor neuron diseases ... slurred speech
  • Moyamoya Disease ... speech deficits (aphasia)
  • MoyaMoya disease 1 ... speech disturbances
  • MoyaMoya disease 2 ... speech disturbances
  • MoyaMoya disease 3 ... speech disturbances
  • Moyamoya Syndrome ... speech disturbances
  • Multiple Sclerosis ... slurred speech, Speech disorders
  • Multiple system atrophy ... slurred speech
  • Muscle phosphoglycerate kinase deficiency ... aphasia
  • Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker type ... dysarthria, speech difficulty
  • Myasthenia Gravis ... difficulty talking, slurred speech
  • Myelinopathies ... impaired speech
  • Myoclonus hereditary - progressive distal muscular atrophy ... speech defect
  • Myoclonus, cerebellar ataxia, deafness ... speech problems
  • Myopathy and diabetes mellitus ... dysarthria
  • Myxedema ... slow speech

    N

  • Narcolepsy ... slurred speech
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma ... difficulty speaking
  • Neuroaxonal dystrophy - renal tubular acidosis ... speech defect
  • Neurofibromatosis-2 ... speech problems, speech defects
  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome ... speaking difficulty
  • Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease ... speech defect
  • Neurosarcoidosis ... impaired speech
  • Neurosyphilis ... dysarthria
  • Nielsen-Jacobs syndrome ... inability to speak, aphasia
  • Non-lissencephalic cortical dysplasia ... speech delay
  • Nonaffective Psychosis ... Speech difficulties

    O

  • Oculodentoosseous dysplasia dominant ... dysarthria
  • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy ... slurred speech (dysarthria), slurred speech
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy I ... speech disturbances, slurred speech, speaking difficulty
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy type 3 ... dysarthria
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy type IV ... speech difficulties
  • Opsoclonus Myoclonus ... dysphasia (difficulty speaking), dysarthria (poorly articulated speech), mutism (inability to speak)
  • Optic atrophy 2 ... dysarthria
  • Oral submucous fibrosis ... impaired speech
  • Oral-facial cleft ... speech problems
  • Orofaciodigital syndrome type1 ... dysarthria
  • Oromandibular-limb hypogenesis spectrum ... speech difficulties
  • Oto-Palatal-digital syndrome ... speech retardation
  • Oto-Palato-digital syndrome type 1 ... speech retardation

    P

  • Pallidopyramidal syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration ... dysarthria
  • Parenchymatous cortical degeneration of cerebellum ... slurred speech
  • Parkinson disease 3 ... speech problems
  • Parkinson disease 9 ... speech problems
  • Parkinson's Disease ... speech changes, difficulty talking
  • Partington-Anderson syndrome ... speech defect
  • Passos-Bueno syndrome ... absent speech
  • Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease ... deteriorating speech
  • Pellagra-like syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Pena Shokeir syndrome, type 1 ... speech problems
  • Perisylvian syndrome ... speaking difficulty
  • Phenytoin toxicity ... slurred speech
  • Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase superactivity ... speech defect
  • Pick's Disease ... speech disturbances
  • Pick's disease of the brain ... altered sppech output, mutism, mutism
  • Podder-Tolmie syndrome ... speech defect
  • Poikilodermatomyositis - mental retardation ... speech defect
  • Polychondritis ... speech difficulties
  • Porencephaly ... speech problems, poor speech development
  • Primary angiitis of the central nervous system ... aphasia
  • Primary Lateral Sclerosis ... dysarthria (poorly articulated speech), speaking difficulty
  • Prion diseases ... inability to speak
  • Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy ... speech disturbances
  • Progressive Spinobulbar muscular atrophy ... dysarthria (speech impairment)
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... speech difficulties, slurred speech
  • Progressive supranuclear palsy, atypical ... dysarthria
  • Pseudoadrenoleukodystrophy ... speech defect
  • Pseudopapilledema - blepharophimosis - hand anomalies ... speech defect
  • Pseudoprogeria syndrome ... speech defect

    Q

  • Quinsy ... difficulty talking

    R

  • Rabies ... change in phonation, changed dog bark tone
  • Radiation induced meningioma ... aphasia
  • Ramsay Hunt II ... speaking difficulty
  • Rasmussen subacute encephalitis ... aphasia
  • Rasmussen's Encephalitis ... loss of speech, aphasia
  • Riedel syndrome ... aphonia
  • Roy-Maroteaux-Kremp syndrome ... speech defect
  • Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome ... speech difficulties

    S

  • Sanfilippo syndrome type A ... delayed speech development
  • Sanfilippo syndrome type B ... delayed speech development
  • Say-Barber-Miller syndrome ... speech defect
  • Say-Carpenter syndrome ... speech defect
  • Schilder's Disease ... speech impairment, aphasia
  • Schistosomiasis ... aphasia
  • Schizencephaly ... speech delay
  • Sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis ... dysarthria
  • Short stature mental retardation eye anomalies ... speech defect
  • Shy-Drager Syndrome ... speech difficulties, impaired speech
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, type 1 (SGBS1) ... speech problems
  • Sinus cancer ... Speech changes
  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... speaking difficulty
  • Smith-Fineman-Myers syndrome 2 ... speech defect
  • Social phobia ... difficulty talking
  • Soto's Syndrome ... speech impairment, speech problems
  • Spastic ataxia, Charlevoix-Saguenay type ... dysarthria
  • Spastic dysphonia ... speaking difficulty
  • Spastic paraplegia 11, autosomal recessive ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia 15, autosomal recessive ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia 2, X-linked ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia 20, autosomal recessive ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia type 5A, recessive ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia with precocious puberty ... dysarthria
  • Spinal bulbar motor neuropathy ... slurred speech
  • Spinocerebellar Ataxia ... Speech impairment
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 10 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 11 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 12 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 13 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 14 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 15 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 16 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 17 ... dysarthria, mutism, mutism
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 18 ... dysarthria, speech problems
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 20 ... speech problems
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 21 ... speech problems
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 22 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 23 ... speech problems
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 26 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 27 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 28 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 29 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 4 ... speaking difficulty
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 5 ... speaking difficulty
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 8 ... slow speech, dysarthria, speech problems
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal dominant ... speech defect
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 1 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 4 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 6 ... delayed speech development
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive, with axonal neuropathy ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type I ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type II ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type III ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type IV ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type V ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia-dysmorphism syndrome ... speaking difficulty
  • Spinocerebellar degenerescence, book type ... speech defect
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, X linked with mental deterioration ... dysarthria
  • Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, X-linked ... speech impairment
  • Spongiform encephalopathy ... speaking difficulty
  • SSADH deficiency (succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency) ... delayed speech development
  • Stroke ... trouble speaking
  • Sydenham chorea ... speaking difficulty
  • Syringobulbia ... speaking difficulty

    T

  • Takayasu arteritis ... aphasia
  • Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 1 ... speech retardation
  • Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 2 ... speech retardation
  • Thiele syndrome ... speech defect
  • Thrombocytopathy - asplenia - miosis ... speech defect
  • Thumb deformity, alopecia, pigmentation anomaly ... speech defect
  • Thyroid cancer ... difficulty speaking
  • Todd's Paralysis ... speech problems
  • Tome-Brune-Fardeau syndrome ... speech defect
  • Torsion dystonia ... speech difficulty
  • Torsion dystonia, autosomal dominant ... speech difficulty
  • Torsion dystonia, autosomal recessive ... speech difficulty
  • Torsion dystonia, X-linked ... speech difficulty
  • Tranebjaerg-Svejgaard syndrome ... speech defect
  • Transient Ischemic Attack ... difficulty talking, speech problems, slurred speech
  • Treft-Sanborn-Carey syndrome ... speech defect
  • Tremor hereditary essential, 1 ... dysarthria
  • Tremor hereditary essential, 2 ... dysarthria
  • Trichinosis ... difficulty speaking
  • Trigonocephaly - ptosis - mental retardation ... speech defect
  • Trihydroxycholestanoylcoa oxidase isolated deficiency ... dysarthria
  • Trisomy 8 mosaicism ... speech delay
  • Tropical Spastic Paraparesis ... speaking difficulty

    U

  • Usher Syndrome ... speech problems

    V

  • Vacinko syndrome ... mutism
  • Variant CJD ... loss of speech
  • Vascular malformations of the brain ... impaired speech
  • Velocardiofacial syndrome ... delayed speech development
  • Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome ... aphasia

    W

  • W syndrome ... Speech problems
  • Water Intoxication ... slurred speech
  • Weaver Syndrome ... slurred speech
  • West African Trypanosomiasis ... difficulty talking, slurred speech
  • Western equine encephalitis ... Aphasia
  • Western/Eastern/California encephalitis ... Aphasia
  • Westphal-Leyden ataxia ... speech problems
  • Wiedemann-Tolksdorf syndrome ... delayed speech development
  • Wilson's Disease ... Dysarthria, speech problems, speech difficulty
  • Wittwer sydnrome ... Absence of speech
  • Wolfram's disease ... Dysarthria
  • Wyburn Mason's syndrome ... aphasia

    X

  • X fragile site folic acid type ... Speech delay
  • X-linked hydrocephalus spectrum ... aphasia
  • X-linked mental retardation craniofacial abnormal microcepahly club ... Speech difficulties
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum ... abnormal speech
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 1 ... delayed speech development
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 2 ... delayed speech development
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 4 ... abnormal speech
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 7 ... abnormal speech

    Conditions listing complications: Speech symptoms:

    The following list of conditions have 'Speech symptoms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Acrofacial dysostosis, Nager type ... delayed speech development

    B

  • Barbiturate abuse ... trouble talking
  • Behcet's Disease ... impaired speech
  • Binswanger's Disease ... speech difficulties

    C

  • Carpenter syndrome ... speech problems
  • Cleft palate ... speech defects

    F

  • Fungal meningitis ... difficulty talking

    G

  • Glue ear ... speech problems

    M

  • Macroglossia ... speech problems
  • Moebius axonal neuropathy - hypogonadism ... speech problems
  • Moebius sequence ... speech problems
  • Myoclonus ... difficulty talking

    N

  • Neurofibromatosis syndrome ... speech disorders
  • Neurofibromatosis syndrome Type II ... speech disorders
  • Neurofibromatosis-2 ... speech difficulty

    P

  • Prion diseases ... inability to speak

    R

  • Rapp-Hodgkin syndrome ... speech difficulties
  • Rasmussen's Encephalitis ... speech deficits

    S

  • Stroke ... speech problems, Aphasia
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage ... speech problems

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  • Causes of Speech symptoms Based on Risk Factors

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

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
  • Sexual activity - history of sexual behavior?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Speech symptoms?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Speech symptoms, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Speech symptoms:

    Subtypes of Speech symptoms:

    Difficulty talking (9), Slurred speech (131), Speech disorders (2), Speech changes (3), Incoherent speech (5), Aphasia (28), Difficulty speaking (84), Speaking difficulty (31), Speech difficulties (19), Speech disturbances (8), Delay in Talking, Inability to speak (24), Loss of speech (13), Dysarthria (79)

    Symptoms related to Speech symptoms:

    Voice symptoms (173), Slurred speech (131), Difficulty talking (9), Inability to speak (24)

    Speech symptoms as a disease:

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