Apraxia and Dysarthria

Question 1

apraxia

Answer 1

impairment in speech movements without weakness, sensory loss, or comprehension deficits

Question 2

major characteristics of apraxia

Answer 2

difficulty initiating speech
inconsistent errors
phoneme substitutions

Question 3

interesting characteristics of apraxia

Answer 3

speech improves with rate change
place errors
marked prosodic disturbances

Question 4

oral apraxia

Answer 4

inability to perform non speech oral movements with verbal command

Question 5

dysarthria

Answer 5

coordination
disturbed muscular control over speech mechanism
affect respiration phonation articulation and resonance

Question 6

types of dysarthria

Answer 6

flaccid
ataxic
spastic
hypokinetic
hyperkinetic
mixed

Question 7

common causes of dysarthria

Answer 7

cerebral palsy
MS
ALS
parkinsons
stroke
huntingtons disease

Question 8

cerebral palsy and dysarthria

Answer 8

have multiple types
mild to severe
perceptual, motor, cognitive and sensory impairments

Question 9

stroke and dysarthria

Answer 9

suddenly or gradually
TIA (baby stroke)

Question 10

4 causes of stroke

Answer 10

thrombosis
embolism
stenosis
hemorrhage

Question 11

muscular dystrophy and dysarthria

Answer 11

muscle weakness and atrophy
childhood or adulthood
genetic

Question 12

dysphagia

Answer 12

difficulty swallowing due to acute issue

Question 13

4 main concerns of dysphagia

Answer 13

malnutrition
aspiration
death
pocketing

Question 14

mastication

Answer 14

chewing

Question 15

deglutition

Answer 15

swallowing process

Question 16

bolus

Answer 16

food mass prepared for swallowing