Stuttering or Stammering

A few points in this presentation caught my attention with regards my post on Stuttering or Stammering.  Belinda

https://www.slideshare.net/dennis43/dysfluency-secondary-to-cns-damage

Hi Belinda

Nice to meet you, thanks for sharing.

The communication struggles you talk of , yes communication is sooo important to be raised.

Many years of recovery later and I would say constant persistence, patience and searching. Slowing down my communication came  about as I was very slurry in my speech once I started to talk again.

It's a long road , helpful to have people on here who get it and are really willing to give of themselves to help us through the tough times

Keep smiling sue

Thanks Sue, I must admit slurring was a bit of a thing for me initially.  I noticed too, that when or if I was on the phone, either my pauses in speech or slurring of words would usually come about as a result of trying to comprehend the information I was receiving and then hopefully responding  with an appropriate  response in a timely fashion.  So many thoughts combined with the physical attempts at vocalising speech was quite challenging really.  Even now, I still find that if it feels too hard to "connect all the dots" I can get fatigued quite easily.  Definitely improved over the last six months, but still easily recognised as well even now.  Thank you for your response Sue - very nice to meet you as well.  Belinda

And dysfluency, I've not heard of that one - however it sounds like I should look into it!

I have similar  problem, where finding the word I want, when I should know that word, is frustrating 

Hey Kerry..., yes I find it quite frustrating as well.  I also tend to find too many words with similar meanings which sometimes leaves me stammering through a simple sentence as I can't decide which word to use.  I literally find myself stopping mid-word because I've thought of one which may be better suited to the conversation (drives me mad).  My friends and family understand when I'm doing this, particularly when I end up taking a deep breath and either start again or come up with something along the lines of "you know what I mean."  It is getting better I think, now I get caught up more in my jungle of words when I'm fatigued, anxious or stressed.  Yepp.., it's a challenge alright, but I reckon I'll get there soon - just keep on trying.  Take care, Belinda

I survived a basilar arterial occlusion on 19 May this year with - miraculously - no physical deficits on my right side (the affected side). I have a tiny bit of damage in my cerebellum, but I too now lose words or struggle to find the right word sometimes when I am speaking. I was a VERY articulate and verbal person before the stroke, so I find this disconcerting, as it only affects me when speaking, not writing.