Cerebral Palsy and Ataxia of Speech

Question 1

Apraxia of Speech: production problems not attributable to
1. deficits of ?
2. processing of ?

neuropathology: Apraxia of speech is a condition that is caused by an injury or damage to the areas of the brain that control? these areas are located in the dominant hemisphere such as?

Answer 1

muscle tone or reflexes
auditory, tactile, kinesthetic, proprioceptive, or language info

speech

broca’s and supplementary motor areas

Question 2

Hallmark symptoms of Apraxia:
inconsistent ? in repeated ?

disrupted or lengthened ?

impaired ?

Answer 2

speech sound errors on consonants and vowels/ production of syllables and words

coarticulatory transitions between sounds and syllables

prosody

Question 3

Necessary for Diagnosis:

slowed ?

sound errors:
what we hear as ?

distortions (…type)
relatively consistent across ?

prosodic?
important to distinguish from people with

Answer 3

rate of speech production

substitutions
distortions (predominant type) perceived substiutions, moissions, additions
-repeated productions

phonemic paraphasias of someone with fluent aphasia

Question 4

more frequently coexists with ?

Answer 4

aphasia (especially brocas, and less freq. with UUMN dysarthria)

Question 5

Types of CP:
Spastic CP
associated with damage to ?
-causes movements that look ?
they can also have ?

most ?

Answer 5

cerebral cortex
stiff and jerky
joint stiffness and muscle tightness
most common type

Question 6

Athetoid CP:
also called
associated with damage to
have variable movements that are

Answer 6

Dyskinetic CP
basal ganglia
involuntary and uncontrolled

Question 7

Ataxic CP:
associated with damage to
least ?
issues with

Answer 7

cerebellum
common type
balance and coordination, depth perception and eye movements