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Ataxic Dysarthria Flashcards

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Salient Speech Features

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  • Harshness
  • Irregular articulatory breakdowns
  • Variable pitch and loudness
  • Excess loudness
  • Excess, equal stress
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Revealing Assessment Tasks

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  • Sustained /a/
  • AMRs
  • Finger-nose test
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Related Speech Characteristics or Deficits

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  • Highly irregular AMRs
  • “Drunk Speech”
  • Incoordination
  • Hypotonia
  • Slowness of movement
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Confirmation Signs

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  • Normal oral mech
  • May bite tongue/lips
  • Nystagmus
  • Paradoxing
  • Ataxic gait
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Common Etiologies

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  • Freidrich’s ataxia, cerebellar degeneration
  • MS
  • OPCA
  • MSA-C
  • Wilson’s disease
  • Acute/Chronic alcohol
  • Toxic (anticonvulsant)
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • CP in children
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Site of Lesion

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Cerebellar hemisphere, vermis, or its pathways

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