Rachel Ray slurring words?
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Anonymous
Watch it again. She sounds completely normal when talking with the two men while she holds the pack. When she’s alone at the beginning being interviewed she does not sounds great. |
Anonymous
This. It is impossible to pinpoint which words are slurred bc the whole speech is. |
Anonymous
Given that I know many things, including fatigue and stress, can make dysarthria (including from stroke) more or less noticeable, I do not find that persuasive. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dysarthria/ Tell me again what particular alcohol drink paralyzes the buccal nerve on just one side of the face? I'm afraid I missed that. |
Anonymous
I’m OP. You missed it bc I never once said alcohol in this thread. I simply said she slurred her words. She did slur her words in the video I posted and the one you did. |
Anonymous
Yes, that is what "dysarthria" means. Alas, facial hemiparalysis causing slurred speech is generally medical in cause, as that is a neurologic finding. As I said at the beginning of this subthread -- and in response to whatever PPs (including you or not, OP, as appropriate, and happy to leave you out of it) have been hellbent on this being alcohol:
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She acts like she's drunk. |
Anonymous
As I said that in the video you sent, she does not have slurred speech when she is with the two men and the packs. Meaning: her slurred speech is not all the time. I don’t think your video link supports what you are saying. |
Anonymous
You could try reading the link I posted. Dysarthria from stroke will worsen under stress or fatigue, and we certainly don't know in what order the segments were filmed. She *still* doesn't move the left corner of her mouth -- it's just that she seems to have more control over her tongue, but she's still not moving the left corner of her mouth. And again -- what, exactly, do you think is causing paralysis of only the left the buccal nerve? I have yet to see a non-neurological explanation. |
Anonymous
| Her overall appearance, to me, suggests she's on steroids of some kind. I wouldn't be surprised that this is from a real, awful medical condition. |
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PS: The facial nerve innervates the whole area around and inside the mouth by different branches on each half of the face. The forehead has different innervation
She has paralysis at the left corner of her mouth. It never moves. Sometimes her speech is more affected than others. Her forehead does not seem to be affected (which means it is likely stroke, not Bell's palsy, and why it may be less obvious if you do not know what you are looking for). |
Anonymous
^^should read "And again -- what, exactly, do you think is causing paralysis of only the left facial nerve at the buccal area?" All the speculation here, other than stroke or Bell's palsy, seems to skip over this physical finding, and it is an obvious one. Just look at the stills from the cooking video. 
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Anonymous
| It is not paralyzed. She is able to have a normal mouth when she kind of chuckles. It is definitely not paralyzed. |
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*looks at pictures above post, looks at post, winces*
Okay, doc. |
Anonymous
A still shot of a person’s face does not shoe paralysis. Yes, the mouth droops on one side but not all the time. Therefore it is not paralysis. |
Anonymous
Do you understand that if one part of a complex system is frozen, that it may not appear frozen while the entire rest of the system is in motion? The musculature of the face is complex. Other parts are 'pulling' on that part of her mouth, making it appear to move. But CLEARLY it is not moving the way it is supposed to. It is only moving when other parts of her face are moving around it. People need to drop the alcohol thing. Maybe she drinks too much, maybe she doesn't. But that has nothing to do with what's happening/has happened to her face. Alcoholics are not easily identifiable by facial paralysis. Stroke victims/individuals suffering from a neurological disorder are. |