Kristina1
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- Joined
- Jan 26, 2017
- Messages
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- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 03/2017
- Country
- US
- State
- MA
- City
- Grafton
I was hoping others with voice and speech changes could chime in here. I have a nasal tone to my voice all the time now, but sometimes it is much worse than other times. I also have trouble enunciating, and my speech can come out mumbled or slurred, but this too is better or worse at different times throughout the day or on different days. There is a threshold where my voice/speech never get "better" than that threshold, but as to how bad they get, there is definitely fluctuation.
I think part of it is that when I have more energy I can try really hard to enunciate with some success, but when I have less energy I just can't and it comes out much worse.
I also discovered this strange thing, months and months ago before ALS was on my radar, which is that when my voice is slurry and I am struggling to enunciate sounds, if I pinch my nostrils closed I can make the sounds come out a little more clearly. Does anyone else experience this?
I think part of it is that when I have more energy I can try really hard to enunciate with some success, but when I have less energy I just can't and it comes out much worse.
I also discovered this strange thing, months and months ago before ALS was on my radar, which is that when my voice is slurry and I am struggling to enunciate sounds, if I pinch my nostrils closed I can make the sounds come out a little more clearly. Does anyone else experience this?