Term
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Definition
| Lower Motor Neurons (brainstem) |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Brainstem CVA, Trauma, Myasthenia (demylenation) |
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Term
| definition of flaccid dysarthria |
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Definition
- damage to lower motor neurons
- damage to peripheral nervous system |
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Term
| most common speech production errors |
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Definition
- hypernasality (weak velum)
- imprecise consonants
- breathiness (continuous) |
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Term
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Definition
| disease affecting the neuromuscular junction where the LMNs meet muscle tissue |
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Term
| initial symptoms of myasthenia gravis |
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Definition
- ptosis (drooping eyelid)
- weakness of facial muscles
- flaccid dysarthria
- dysphasia |
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Term
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Definition
- results from progressive inflammatory loss of the myelin sheath
- occurs in PNS
- rapid progression |
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Term
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Definition
- infectious viral disease that attacks the cell bodies of LMN
- affecting the cervical and thoracic spinal nerves |
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Term
| Main Speech Characteristic of POLIO |
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Definition
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Term
| main speech characteristics of myasthenia gravis |
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Definition
| hynpernasility, decreased loudness, breathy voice, decreased artic, |
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Term
| Typical speech characteristics of flaccid dysarthria |
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Definition
| resonance, articulation, phonation, respiration, prosody |
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Term
| Resonance in FLACCID Dysarthria |
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Definition
| velopharyngeal insufficiency = hypernasality, weak pressure consonants, shortened phrases (excessive air escaping) |
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Term
| Artic in FLACCID dysarthria |
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Definition
- consonants
- bilabial and labiodental phonemes
- elevation of tongue tip
- elevation of jaw |
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Term
| Phonation in FLACCID dysarthria |
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Definition
- phonatory incompetence
- incomplete adduction of the VFs
- breathy voice |
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Term
| Respiration in FLACCID dysarthria |
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Definition
- affected diaphragm and intercostal muscles
- decreased inhalation or impaired exhalation
- not adequate amounts of subglottic pressure
- reduced loudness and shortened phrase length
- strained vocal quality |
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Term
| Prosody in FLACCID dysarthria |
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Definition
- weak cricothyroid muscle
- monopitch and mono loudness |
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Term
| Evaluation of FLACCID dysarthria |
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Definition
- Frenchay's dysarthria profile
- conversational speech and reading
- prolonged vowel to elicit voice quality
- diadochokinetic rates |
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Term
| treatment for damage to trigeminal nerve |
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Definition
| jaw strengthening or weakness compensation |
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Term
| treatment for damage to facial nerve |
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Definition
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Term
| treatment for damage to vagus nerve |
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Definition
-surgical/prosthetic
-velar strengthening
- modification of speech
- treatments for phonation
prosodic treatments |
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Term
| treatment for damage to hypoglossal nerve |
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Definition
| strengthening or traditional articulation |
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Term
| Treatments for respiratory weakness |
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Definition
- correct posture
- compensatory devices
- timing of speech on exhalation
- cue for complete inhalation |
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