Have to rearrange sentences to say them

Heather927
Heather927 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
edited July 2024 in Talk about your impairment
Hi,

I've been unable to find information out about this online, so hopefully this will help me a bit more. I'm an adult but have been having speech issues my entire life. I talk too quickly and contract words inappropriately, and I tend to mumble even when I'm trying to speak normally. Sometimes I skip words in the sentence I'm trying to say, then either ignore them entirely or put them at the end of the sentence where they're not supposed to be.

I am also sometimes physically incapable of saying a sentence as I wish to, which is the issue I'm asking about now. For example, if I want to say the sentence 'How has your day been?', sometimes I just can't get the words out, not because of a stutter or something, but because they will physically not leave my mouth even though I'm genuinely trying to say them. So I rearrange the sentence ('Has your day been okay?'), and it comes out fine. I don't understand why this happens, and while I can sort of roughly figure out how to deal with my other speech problems (although I've been unsuccessful so far, so advice would still be greatly appreciated), I've no idea where to even start with this, as I can't find anything about it online. 

Many thanks in advance.

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  • Pippa_Alumni
    Pippa_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,761 Championing
    Hi @Heather927, and welcome to the community! I really hope we can help you with this. Our speech and language advisor should be in touch soon.
  • NicolaLatheySLT
    NicolaLatheySLT Online Community Member Posts: 40 Contributor
    Dear Heather,  Thanks for your message.  The symptoms you describe sound to me like 'cluttering' which is a form of stammering.  Here is a link to 'cluttering' on the British Stammering Assoc website:
    https://www.stammering.org/help-information/topics/what-stammering/cluttering

    Where are you based?  The British expert in Cluttering has a base in Oxford and Reading Uni.  His name is David Ward and I would highly recommend you have an appointment with him.

    Best if luck to you,

    Nicola x
  • Heather927
    Heather927 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    Hi
    Thanks for the reply. I'm based in Hull, and a university student so it isn't really feasible for me to travel around the country for this. Is it the sort of thing that can be sorted out by myself, or do I need a professional? I had a look and the only speech related therapy in Hull seems to be for children or adults who've had a stroke/other medical reason for having a speech impediment, or private people who I can't find reviews or prices for, so am a bit worried about contacting.
  • NicolaLatheySLT
    NicolaLatheySLT Online Community Member Posts: 40 Contributor
    Hello Heather,

    I would ring your local NHS department and ask for a referral to the Stammering specialist and go from there.

    Best wishes,

    Nicola
  • Heather927
    Heather927 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    How do I find my local NHS department? Do I ring my GP/local hospital or something, and go from there? 

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