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| associated with BILATERAL upper motor lesion (UMN) |
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| Spastic Dysarthria is caused damage specifically to both the... |
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Definition
| pyramidal and extra-pyramidal neural pathways |
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| Role of the Pyramidal System |
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Definition
| role is to transmit neural impulses for discrete skilled muscle movements to the LMN and then to speech |
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| Damage to the Pyramidal system will result in... |
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Definition
| weakness and slowness in the speech muscluature |
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Term
| role of the Extrapyramidal systems |
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Definition
| responsible for maintaining posture, regulating reflexes and monitoring muscle tone |
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| Damage to the Extrapyramidal system will result in... |
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Definition
| weakness, increased muscle tone (spasticity), and abnormal muscle reflexes |
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Term
| unilateral damage results in a much milder form of dysarthria called.... |
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Definition
| unilateral upper motor neuron dysarthria |
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| Symptoms of Spastic Dysarthria |
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Definition
- Weakness
- slow movements
- spastic (increased muscle tone)
- abnormal reflexes |
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| Causes of Spastic Dysarthria |
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Definition
- Stroke
- ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
- traumatic head injury
- brainstem tumor
- cerebral anoxia
- viral or bacterial infections |
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Term
| most common cause of spastic dysarthria |
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Definition
| stroke (CVA) * remember it has to be bilateral |
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Term
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Definition
| small, deep infarcts in the basal ganglia, thalamus, brainstem, and deep cerebral white matter ( usually associated with hypertension ) |
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Term
| traumatic head injury can cause what kind of damage? |
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Definition
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Term
| what is multiple sclerosis? |
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Definition
| results in the inflammation or destruction of the myelin sheath covering axons |
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Term
| most common speech errors in Spastic Dysarthria |
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Definition
- imprecise consonants
- monopitch
- reduced stress |
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Term
| common speech characteristics of spastic dysarthria |
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Definition
- artic
- phonation
- resonance
- prosody
- respiration
- drooling
- Psuedobublar affect (uncontrolled crying of laughing) |
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Term
| what is the psuedobulbar affect? |
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Definition
| uncontrolled laughing or crying |
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Definition
- reduced rate
- increased word duration
- increased syllable duration
- prolonged phonemes
- slow phonemic transitions
- lengthened inter-syllable pauses |
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Definition
- harsh voice quality
- strained/strangled vocal quality
- low pitch |
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Definition
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Definition
- monopitch intonation
- monoloudness
- short phrases
- slow rate of speech |
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Term
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Definition
| hyperadduction of vocal folds |
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