Apraxia

Question 1

What is apraxia of speech?

Answer 1

AOS is a motor speech disorder resulting from an impaired capacity to plan or program the sensorimotor commands that lead to phonetically and prosodically normal speech.

Question 2

What does Apraxia of Speech sound like? (6)

Answer 2

IRREGULAR SPEECH ERRORS (dog, og, bog)
Distort sounds (especially vowels)
Groping for sounds
Monotone
Errors in rhythm of words
Difficulty initiating speech movements

Question 3

Link between AOS and automatic speech?

Answer 3

Automatic speech can be easier than volitional communication
(e.g., counting and ABC’s)

Question 4

What are the four main causes of AOS?

Answer 4

stroke
brain tumor
trauma
neurodegenerative diseases

Question 5

What is the goal in AOS treatments? (2)

Answer 5

Learn new motor plans and patterns
communication-oriented approaches

Question 6

AOS restorative treatments? (2)

Answer 6

Speech articulation and prosody behavioral approaches
Intensive and extensive drill

Question 7

AOS compensatory treatments? (4)

Answer 7

increasing use of comm strategies
improving listener skills
changing comm enviro
AAC

Question 8

Is muscle weakness a clinical presentation of AOS?

Answer 8

no

Question 9

Are articulation deficits a clinical presentation of AOS?

Answer 9

yes

Question 10

Are prosody deficits a clinical presentation of AOS?

Answer 10

yes

Question 11

Are language processing deficits a clinical presentation of AOS?

Answer 11

no

Question 12

Is groping for articulatory postures a clinical presentation of AOS?

Answer 12

yes

Question 13

Is groping for articulatory postures a clinical presentation of AOS?

Answer 13

yes

Question 14

Is error pattern consistency a clinical presentation of AOS?

Answer 14

no