"Garbled" Speech - How to Describe?

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I've been hearing the term "garbled" to describe speech which is difficult to understand. I'm looking for a better term for this, as "garbled" just sounds strange to me.

I've used "disorganized", "difficult to understand" ... I just don't feel that gets the point across, as the point is the speech is both disorganized and difficult to understand.

Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

How do you all describe speech that includes mumbling? I mean speech that is appropriate and has no indication of any alterations of thought processes or neuro deficits, but is just mumbled?

I hate to chart "mumbling." Seems disrespectful.

Specializes in Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology..

How about indistinct for mumbling.

Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg.
Emmanuel Goldstein said:
Twue.

:lol2:

I'm sorry---just found this funny in an otherwise serious thread.

MLOS said:
How do you all describe speech that includes mumbling? I mean speech that is appropriate and has no indication of any alterations of thought processes or neuro deficits, but is just mumbled?

I hate to chart "mumbling." Seems disrespectful.

non-intelligible.

leslie

I would suggest using the term mumbling. If you say that, people know what you mean, whereas there are any number of ways that speech can be unintelligible.

Specializes in Nursing Home ,Dementia Care,Neurology..

When someone speaks proper words but in a disorganised manner it is known as a word salad or salad speech.When they constantly repeat the same words over and over it is perseverance or echolalia when they repeat other peoples words over and over.

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