Department of Speech and Language Therapy, School of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Laboratory of Primary Health Care, School of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Eur J Med Res. 2023 Jul 24;28(1):252. doi: 10.1186/s40001-023-01230-3.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory and demyelinating autoimmune disease. MS patients deal with motor and sensory impairments, visual disabilities, cognitive disorders, and speech and language deficits. The study aimed to record, enhance, update, and delve into our present comprehension of speech deficits observed in patients with MS and the methodology (assessment tools) studies followed. The method used was a search of the literature through the databases for May 2015 until June 2022. The reviewed studies offer insight into speech impairments most exhibited by MS patients. Patients with MS face numerous communication changes concerning the phonation system (changes observed concerning speech rate, long pause duration) and lower volume. Moreover, the articulation system was affected by the lack of muscle synchronization and inaccurate pronunciations, mainly of vowels. Finally, there are changes regarding prosody (MS patients exhibited monotonous speech). Findings indicated that MS patients experience communication changes across various domains. Based on the reviewed studies, we concluded that the speech system of MS patients is impaired to some extent, and the patients face many changes that impact their conversational ability and the production of slower and inaccurate speech. These changes can affect MS patients' quality of life.
多发性硬化症(MS)是一种慢性炎症性脱髓鞘自身免疫性疾病。MS 患者会出现运动和感觉障碍、视力障碍、认知障碍以及言语和语言缺陷。本研究旨在记录、增强、更新和深入了解 MS 患者的言语缺陷,并探讨所采用的方法(评估工具)。研究方法是通过数据库检索 2015 年 5 月至 2022 年 6 月期间的文献。所审查的研究深入探讨了 MS 患者最常见的言语障碍。MS 患者在发声系统(言语速度变化、长停顿时间延长)和音量降低方面面临着许多沟通变化。此外,发音系统也受到肌肉同步失调和发音不准确的影响,主要是元音。最后,韵律方面也存在变化(MS 患者的言语表现单调)。研究结果表明,MS 患者在多个领域都经历了沟通变化。基于所审查的研究,我们得出结论,MS 患者的言语系统在某种程度上受到了损害,患者面临着许多影响其会话能力和产生较慢且不准确的言语的变化。这些变化会影响 MS 患者的生活质量。