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Diminished speech

Diminished speech

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Diminished speech is a symptom in which a person's speech amount is much less than normal, maybe due to anxiety, depression, a stroke, medicine effects, etc

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

Body locations

Head

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