Fact · Accessibility and health
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association says talking uses many muscles in the face, lips, tongue and throat, along with the muscles used for breathing.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“When you talk, you use many muscles in your face, lips, tongue, and throat”
Dysarthria, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), 2026, What Is Dysarthria?.
Open the original- What it measures
- The page then explains that when these muscles do not work well, talking becomes hard, and that dysarthria is a speech disorder caused by brain or nerve damage that changes the way those muscles work.
- What it does not show
- This is a plain-language description for a general audience. It does not list each muscle involved in every type of dysarthria, and a speech-language pathologist assesses the individual case.