Nasal Speech

Nasal speech can be affected by many different things. Do you remember the last time you had a cold or the flu? Did your voice get deeper or perhaps change in some other way. Most people notice the difference when they talk to you over the phone and often ask more than once whom they are talking to. If you are looking at the individual, visual stimulus will keep us from thinking we are talking to someone else. However, with no visual to see, we usually question that we are talking to the right person when they have a cold or the flu. If that person has always had a high-pitched voice, it could be that they have learned to speak that way and that some other cause is not the reason for the nasal speech. If that is not the case, the nasal speech may be caused by something temporary in nature such as the cold. If the individual has had recent surgery or broken their nose, this could also explain why they are having problems. For those who have spoken that way most of their lives and have tried to re-educate your mouth, you may have to look elsewhere for a solution to the problem. Some people have found that a foreign body in the nasal passages can cause nasal speech. This could be something such as a tumor or foreign growth that does not belong there. If it is a tumor, it can be surgically removed and probably should be. People that experiment with drugs such as cocaine may inadvertently have destroyed part of the nasal passageways and this has led to the change in their voice slowly over time until it was too late. Some people have nasal issues because of long-term diseases that they might have such as Down syndrome. The medical condition can have a serious effect on the development of the face and the skull structure. For this reason, this disease should be explored as a cause. When someone is forced to do a great deal of speaking, they may develop hoarseness and if the individual continues to speak after they have become hoarse, they could develop more serious and long-term problems including a change in their nasal speech sounds. Another situation to consider is prescription medications. Many children develop some form of nasal speech complications due to the use of certain drugs that can affect the development of the nasal passageways. Consider checking with a medical professional because there are some rare and unusual reasons that one might have to deal with nasal speech issues that only a professional may recognize. Nasal speech problems do not have to get you down if you do some research and consult with a doctor to see if there is a physical reason for the difference in your speech.	Nasality.com Nasal Speech Nasal Voice Treatment Nasality Speech Therapy Other Speech Therapy