Apraxia of Speech

Chris Kamara, TV presenter and football pundit, has opened up about his diagnosis of apraxia of speech. He bravely discusses the struggles he first experienced in 2020 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e7Thrjmabc

Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder, which is caused by damage to parts of the brain that control the muscles needed for speech. This can make it difficult to coordinate the tongue and lips correctly to be able to say the right sounds and words.

Other terms sometimes used for apraxia of speech are: acquired apraxia of speech, verbal apraxia or dyspraxia of speech. Follow these links for more information about apraxia of speech:

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/apraxia

https://www.rcslt.org/speech-and-language-therapy/clinical-information/acquired-motor-speech-disorders/