Dysphemia causes, symptoms and treatment

Dysphemia, Popularly known as stuttering, it is the most common speech creep disorder, reaching about 70 million people worldwide. The most obvious symptoms of dysphemia are the repetition of syllables, the sound extensions and blockages of speech movements, especially in the first syllable, at the time when the soft flow of speech movements needs to be initiated. The terms stuttering, dysphemism or dysfluence are also used.

1. What is dysphemia
2. Types of dysphemia
3. Dysphemia symptoms
4. Causes of dysphemia
5. Dysphemia treatment

What is dysphemia

The best way to explain dysphemia is to explain the symptoms:

• Muscle tremor.
• BLOCKS.
• Vocal tension.
• Repetitions.
• Residual air uses.
• They continue talking after normal expiration.
• Camouflage uses: cover your mouth, turn your head, laugh.
• Communication avoidance.
• They will avoid difficult words, or they will pretend deafness.
• Delay in the issuance of the word.
• Think long before answering.
• Internal reactions: fear, discomfort, shame and guilt.

Types of dysphemia

Dysphemia tNon. Speak broken. Spasms that affect muscle groups related to phonation. Speech block. Unlock techniques that further intensify muscle tone and cause explosive and violent speech.

Dysphemia clonic. Production of brief and rapid mouth contractions that give rise to a compulsive repetition of words.

Dysphemia mIxta (Clonic-Tónica / Tonic-Clonic).

Dysphemia symptoms

Linguistic manifestations: Use of verbal crutches. Periphrasis and redundant language. Syntactic alterations, incomplete phrases. Synonyms abuse. Speech without coherence. Disorganization between thought and language.

Behavioral manifestations. Temporary mutism and inhibition. Withdrawal and logophobia (fear of speaking). Anguish and anxiety reactions when communicating. Avoidance behaviors in situations in which you should communicate. Abnormal reactions and affective immaturity.

Body and respiratory manifestations. Body syncinesia (trunk movements, head, arms, feet ...) tics. Spasms and facial rigidity. Muscle hypertension. Functional Fonorespiratory Alteration. Psychogalvanic responses (excessive sweating, redness, paleness of the face ...).

Causes of dysphemia

The causes of dysphemia are:

• Hereditary.
• Sex.
• There is a higher percentage of men than women.

Lateralization disorders. There is usually a higher percentage in left -handed subjects and in the bad lateralized. Neurological disorders. Due to a dynamic modification of the striated pale system caused by the emotions or violent affective states.

Disorders in temporary structuring. Any dysfunction in the acquisition of dominance and motor skills.

Linguistic alterations. Most have had difficulties in syntactic structuring, semantic acquisition and the first articulations of phonemes.

Psychological alterations. Personality will take different forms that will have more or less negatively in their speech based on the emotional and affective balance of the subject and the behavior of others towards their way of speaking.

Dysphemia treatment

J. Sangorrín-García establishes that in the treatment and prevention of dysphemia They must apply logotherapy techniques combined with psychotherapy, including the following:

• Teaching speech mechanics;
• Observation of behavior when speaking;
• Correction of stuttering;
• Muscle relaxation and vocal control;
• Fluency.

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