Acquired Dysarthria

Question 1

Define

Answer 1

difficult speaking caused by problems with muscles involved in speech - acquired through stroke, head injury, brain tumor..

Question 2

Turns

Answer 2

Bloch and Wilkinson 11: fewer and shorter turns for those with dys
Comrie et al. 09: related to their view of post-stroke change to interactional style BUT small sample size

Question 3

Repair

Answer 3

Bloch and Wilkinson 09: no attempts to SISR, ts end with look towards CP for understanding - may be met with silence which could represent either understanding or an opportunity for SISR
Bloch and Wilkinson 11: OI is common, ts broken into smaller parts highlighting the issue so it can be easily repaired
Schegloff 79: not all repairs can be resolved with one attempt
Bloch 06: particularly not in dysarthria
Rutter 09: repair resolved through cooperation rather than abandoned

Question 4

Sequence organisation

Answer 4

Bloch et al. 15: ts can be do to break in sequentality

Bloch 11: if dys says something out of nowhere, have to determine what has been said and its purpose