Ch. 11 Apraxia of Speech Flashcards
AOS is a problem with what?
motor programming of speech movements
dysarthria is a problem with _____
muscles/movement
aphasia is a ______ problem
linguistic/language
why do apraxia and aphasia often co-occur?
the site of lesions
AOS is almost always due to damage where?
left cerebral hemisphere
what are the steps in speaking?
- Speaker conceptualizes what is going to be said. This is where the message is determined.
- Speaker formulates the message through selecting semantic, syntactic, morphological, phonological structures for the message.
- The Motor Speech Programmer programs/plans the movements necessary to produce the needed phonemes. It activates a plan for the motor execution needed of the muscle movement.
- This program is sent through the nervous system to produce muscle movement/motor execution.
What happens if there are difficulties in step 2?
- problems with conceptualization
- aphasia
what happens if there are difficulties in step 3?
apraxia
what happens if there are difficulties in step 4?
dysarthria
why is AOS often confused with broca’s aphasia?
the phonological impairment is similar
What is the motor speech programmer responsible for?
programming speech
The MSP transforms the ______ _______ to a ______ _____ from which the motor programming can occur/
abstract phonemes/neural code
what does the neural code determine?
the specific muscle movements needed
what are the specifics of the programming? (6)
- duration of movement
- amplitude of movement
- acceleration
- deceleration
- time to peak velocity
- timing of speech events
where are motor speech plans held before the muscle movement begins?
buffer area; can be modified; leads to rapid speech