Serious Symptoms Of Ataxia-Telangiectasia

Distorted Speech

Symptoms involving speech tend to occur within the first five years of an ataxia-telangiectasia patient's life. Distorted speech is a symptom that occurs in a patient when the motor component of the motor-speech system has experienced a neurological injury. An inability to physically coordinate the muscles of the neck, head, throat, tongue, lungs, and lips can all contribute to the symptom of distorted speech. The speech of an affected individual may be unintelligible, sound unnatural, and may be inaudible. A patient may have issues with being able to swallow correctly because of ataxia-telangiectasia, which can indirectly cause problems with the way they speak. Problems with the speech in ataxia-telangiectasia patients are not the result of an inability to plan and program the motor-speech system, but rather a problem with the physical function of the motor-speech system itself.

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