11. Communication problems in ADHD
11.1. Language problems with ADHD
- Diarrhea of speech, eagerness to talk, glut of words (Logorrhea, polyphrasia)1
- Responses (e.g. mails) are sometimes sprawling
- Answers digress from the topic
- Interlocutors hardly get a chance to speak (ADHD-HI subtypes)
- Speech fast and slurred2
- Speech expression often “confused”34
- Filled breaks
- Repetitions
- Revisions
- Aborted utterances
11.2. Communication style in ADHD interest-focused
- Small talk is perceived as boring2
- Affected individuals quickly hyperfocus on topics of interest to them2
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