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Treatment for Ataxic Dysarthria
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Graduate
05/01/2011

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Term
ways to evaluate for AD
Definition
- Frenchay's dysarthria profile
- AIDS
- Speech AMR (diadochokinetic rate)
- Reading
- Conversational Speech
- repeating sentences
Term
A PT with AD while repeating sentences will...
Definition
demonstrate irregular artic breakdowns (more on multisyllabic words)
Term
areas of treatment for AD
Definition
- respiration
- prosody
- artic
Term
respiration tx for AD is not a _____________ taskgeneralized, more concentration on ________ the airflow
Definition
strengthening, controlling
Term
which area should an SLP start tx first?
Definition
respiration (because the respiration affects prosody and phonation)
Term
types of respiration tx for AD
Definition
- slow and controlled exhalation
- speaking immediately on exhalation
- stopping phonation early
- optimal breath group
Term
"Have client place place their hand on their abdomen and begin voicing when the inward movement begins"

what respiration treatment is this?
Definition
Speaking immediately on exhalation
Term
"cue client to end an utterance before they run out of air"

What respiration tx for AD is this?
Definition
stopping phonation early
Term
"to establish a max number of syllables per exhalation"

What AD respiration tx is this
Definition
Optimal breath group
Term
Prosody problems with AD
Definition
rate, stress, and intonation
Term
Why do SLPs work on decreasing AD pts' rates
Definition
because their rate is too rapid (even when it is slow to us) for their articulators to keep up with
Term
rate control treatment tasks for AD
Definition
- metronome task
- finger or hand tapping
- cued reading material
Term
Goal of these tasks are to establish more nature pitch and loudness variation in connected speech
Definition
Stress and Intonation tasks
Term
Types of Stress and Intonation tasks
Definition
- contrastive stress drills
- Pitch range exercises
- intonation profiles
- chunking
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