Re: Better speech when angry?!

[Guest guest]

I think there's something to this emotional motivation thing. My son is 8

and he's able to communicate better when it's really really important to him

or if he's angry. It doesn't necessarily burst out in clear sentences (I

wish) or anything, but individual words that are unintelligible otherwise

become much more clear. Food for thought or further investigation...

Sue C. in Micigan

[Guest guest]

Kathy,

My son Jack is 3 this month and what I notice is when

he is in what I call a social story telling mood, he

is more clear intelligibility wise. Yesterday when the

OT came he wanted to tell her how he was going to

clean the house, he just " Went off " for like 5 minutes

and and was very clear. I don't think it is the same

but that is what I notice with him.

--- Kathy Iler <kiler@...> wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> My son, in his late teens, clearly has development

> delays (mild to mod MR)

> and a severe communication disorder (mild to mod

> hearing loss,

> aphasia/apraxia). He supposively has a syndrome but

> they have not been able

> to name one. Although never formally diagnosed, I

> believe a lot of it is

> due to developmental apraxia. Basically, he knows

> what he wants to say but

> struggles to remember the words and put them in

> order.

> An 'amazing phenomenon' occurs when he gets angry or

> upset...his speech and

> word order just flow 'normally' for a moment.

> Another words, you don't have

> to guess what he's saying ;-) No, he's not cussing,

> just making himself

> clear. I'm curious if anyone else has possibly

> noticed this with their

> child? I wonder if it might have something to do

> with an adrenaline rush

> and where I could find a 'pill'...haha! But I

> really won't want to

> encourage the angry temperament. Seriously, I is

> just like a window opens

> quickly and then slams shut. Has anyone else

> noticed something similar?

>

>

> Kathy

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Kathy,

I have noticed that when my son is yelling or talking very loudly that his

speech is very clear. When he does raise his voice it isn't necessarily out

of anger so I would have to say that in my son's case that it has to do with

how loud he is talking. One of his therapist practically has him yelling

during the therapy because she says that it helps with intelligibility, but I

haven't thought to ask her why that is.

Good luck!

[Guest guest]

My son is 10 years old. I have found that since 1 1/2 years when he was

prop. diag. with Oral/Verbal Dyspraxia and is receiving the correct therp.

that there are times like you mentioned his speech is easier to understand.

When he slows down, how badly he wants to be understood. It takes alot of

work on his part, and I know how much hard work it takes.

[Guest guest]

--Kathy My daughter is now 7yrs,old and is language delayed in the

same way knows what she wants to say but can't get it out smoothly.

EXCEPT when she is angry!!! Then she can rattle off more than a

typical person can. My husband and I have always been amazed at this

also. It just tells us that she does have the ability just something

is blocking it. She is doing better with flow of words since

starting Cromega in December but still not as good as when she is

angry. Becky- In @y..., Kathy Iler <kiler@c...>

wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> My son, in his late teens, clearly has development delays (mild to

mod MR)

> and a severe communication disorder (mild to mod hearing loss,

> aphasia/apraxia). He supposively has a syndrome but they have not

been able

> to name one. Although never formally diagnosed, I believe a lot of

it is

> due to developmental apraxia. Basically, he knows what he wants to

say but

> struggles to remember the words and put them in order.

> An 'amazing phenomenon' occurs when he gets angry or upset...his

speech and

> word order just flow 'normally' for a moment. Another words, you

don't have

> to guess what he's saying ;-) No, he's not cussing, just making

himself

> clear. I'm curious if anyone else has possibly noticed this with

their

> child? I wonder if it might have something to do with an

adrenaline rush

> and where I could find a 'pill'...haha! But I really won't want to

> encourage the angry temperament. Seriously, I is just like a window

opens

> quickly and then slams shut. Has anyone else noticed something

similar?

>

>

> Kathy

[Guest guest]

A friend of mine has a daughter who speaks fluently and clearly when she

has high fevers.

On Fri, 03 May 2002 08:59:34 -0400 Kathy Iler <kiler@...> writes:

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