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Horatio
Horatio Member Posts: 4
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I have noticed that just 2 months into symptoms, her "F"s , "P"s and "th" are sounding funny. What does this mean? What is happening to her verbal skills?

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  • SusanB-dil
    SusanB-dil Member Posts: 1,483
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    Hi Horatio - welcome to 'here', but sorry for the reason.

    2 months into symptoms of....? If it is dementia, verbal skills are commonly affected. This can happen with any of the dementias. Often, it can happen early in the disease.

  • ESkayP
    ESkayP Member Posts: 74
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    My mother has a variety of verbal errors. She can't think of common words. She often transposes letters or gets only the front sound of a word correct. Sometimes she comes up with words that don't exist at all. It doesn't happen very often, but on occasion, Mom will string a bunch of sounds together that make no sense. They all it "word salad." Because Mom often brings up the same topics of conversation when we visit, I can fill in the gaps pretty well now. As I understand it verbal issues are very common for PWD. It's frustrating.

Commonly Used Abbreviations


DH = Dear Husband
DW= Dear Wife, Darling Wife
LO = Loved One
ES = Early Stage
EO = Early Onset
FTD = Frontotemporal Dementia
VD = Vascular Dementia
MC = Memory Care
AL = Assisted Living
POA = Power of Attorney
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