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A member asked:
Does als affect speech?
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Yes: Eventually the muscles used to form speech are affected, and the patient becomes unable to speak. There are many adaptive devices available to help persons with ALS communicate.
Answered 11/8/2015
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Yes: Speech will be affected and over time a person can lose the ability to talk. This is due to progressive weakness of the muscles we use for speech.
Answered 3/8/2015
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Yes it can: ALS causes tongue atrophy, which can lead to articulation challenges and "dysarthria".
Answered 11/25/2014
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A member asked:
Had an emg on one side.is that enough to know I don't have als?
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I've only had one injection and have been using the pull out method. I had a regular cycle for 2 months but didn't get one for this month. Ive als?
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