A client has difficulty in communicating as a result of his illness. He displays a rapid, confusing delivery of speech patterns. Which term best describes this difficulty in communicating?
a. Aphasia
b. Dyslexia
c. Speech cluttering
d. Incongruent communications
C
Rapid, confusing delivery of speech patterns is called speech cluttering and can result in the client's inability to focus on verbal communication as the main form of interaction. Aphasia refers to the inability to speak, dyslexia refers to mixing of letters when reading that sometimes results in mixing of syllables when speaking, and incongruent communications occur when verbal messages do not match nonverbal messages.
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