"Garbled" Speech - How to Describe?

[NursingAgainstdaOdds]

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.

[Altra, BSN, RN]

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.

[nightmare, RN]

How about indistinct for mumbling.

[suzy253, RN]

Emmanuel Goldstein said:

Twue.

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

[leslie :-D]

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

[fins]

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.

[nightmare, RN]

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.