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Neurogenic Disorders
Dysarthria
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Undergraduate 1
12/06/2010

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Term
Flaccid Dysarthria
Definition
DAMAGE TO NERVES-BRAINSTEM
-"bulbar palsy"
-muscle weakness/paralysis
-reduced muscle tone/tension
-slow relfeces
-reducedd speed, range, & accuracy
Term
Ataxic Dysarthria
Definition
DAMAGE TO CEREBELLUM
-affects accuracy/timing
-little to no paralysis
-reduced rate
imprecise articulation
-irregular articulation breakdowns
Term
Hyperkinetic Dysarthria
Definition
DAMAGE TO BASAL GANGLIA
-unwanted movements (tic, tremor, dytstonia, chorea)
-harsh voice
-loud
-variable speech rate with silence
-imprecise consonants
-distorted vowels
-monopitch
Term
Hypokinetic Dysarthria
Definition
DAMGE TO BASAL GANGLIA
-decrease/lack of appropraite movements (Parkinsons)
-monopitch
-reduced stress
-harsh/breathy
-variable speech rate
-imprecise consonants
Term
Spastic Dysarthria
Definition
DAMAGE TO MOTOR PATHWAYS
-some muscles too tense, some too weak
-monopitch
-reduced stress
-hypernasality
-strain/strangles voice
-slow
-imprecise consonants
Term
Apraxia
Definition
disorder of speech planning and sequence
-groping
-inconsistent errors
-sounds subsituted or ommitted
-speech sequencing problems
-sound distortions
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