Dysarthria Treatment

Question 1

Respiration Treatments

Answer 1

1. Relaxation Exercise
2. Postural Exercise
3. Pressure Genrating Exercise
4. Inhalation Exercise
5. Quick Breathing Exercise
6. Synchronizing Exercise
7. Isolated Speech Exercise
8. Connected Speech Exercise

Question 2

Relaxation Exercise

Answer 2

Respiration

Abnormal tone- hypertonia

Question 3

Postural Exercise

Answer 3

Respiration

Abnormal postures

Question 4

Pressure Generating Exercise

Answer 4

Respiration

use w/reduced air pressure (generate capability)

Question 5

Inhalation/Exhalation

Answer 5

Respiration

Improve control (strength and coordination) 
Improve lung volume (as much air as possible)

Question 6

Quick Breathing Exercise

Answer 6

Respiration

For slow speech breathing rates (learn how to inhale more often)

Question 7

Synchronizing Exercise

Answer 7

Respiration

For incoordination

Question 8

Isolated Speech Exercise

Answer 8

Respiration

Take good respiration of non speech and be able to use for speech

Question 9

Connected Speech Exercise

Answer 9

Respiration

You start at isolation and move up

Question 10

Resonation Treatments

Answer 10

10 hours of Behavioral Management Exercises before palatal lift and/or surgery

1. Reduction of Pharyngeal Reflex
2. Non-Speech Intraoral Air Pressure
3. Vowle Prolongation
4. Speech Intraoral Air Pressure
5. Isolated Word Production
6. Speech Production

Question 11

Reduction of Pharyngeal Reflex

Answer 11

Resonation

Reduction of gag reflex

Question 12

Non-Speech Intraoral Air Pressure

Answer 12

Resonation

Improve velopharyngeal valving
Increase intraoral air pressure generating capability

Question 13

Vowel Prolongation

Answer 13

Resonation

Improve Velopharyngeal closure when mechanism is stressed

Question 14

Speech Intraoral Air Pressure

Answer 14

Resonation

Improve intraoral air pressure generating capability

Question 15

Isolated Word Productions

Answer 15

Resonation

Stimulating velopharyngeal closure

Question 16

Speech Production

Answer 16

Resonation

Decrease nasal airflow
Sentence Production
(Connected Speech)

Question 17

Phonation Treatment

Answer 17

1. Yawn/Sigh Technique
2. Vowel Prolongation
3. Sentance Production
4. Holding Breath
5. Non-Speech Vocal Fold Valving
6. Hard Attack Phonation
7. Laryngeal Timing and Coordination

Question 18

Yawn/Sigh Technique

Answer 18

Phonation

Relaxing vocal folds
Hypertone (Spastic)

Question 19

Vowel Prolongation

Answer 19

Phonation

Hypertone

Question 20

Sentence Production

Answer 20

Phonation

Looking for smooth voice
Hypertone

Question 21

Holding Breath

Answer 21

Phonation

How long can they hold breath; looking for good glottal closer
Hypotone (Flaccid or Hypokinetic)

Question 22

Non-Speech Vocal Fold Valving

Answer 22

Phonation

Trying to get adduction
Hypotone (Flaccid or Hypokinetic)

Question 23

Hard Attack Phonation

Answer 23

Phonation

Push on stomach to try to push sound out
Hypotone (Flaccid of Hypokinetic)

Question 24

Laryngeal Timing and Coordination

Answer 24

Phonation

Incoordination (Ataxic)

Question 25

Articulation Treatment

Answer 25

1. Tone Reduction 2. Strengthening 3. Force Physiology 4. Phonetic Stimulation

Question 26

Tone Reduction

Answer 26

Articulation Reduce spasticity and rigidity of tongue, lips and jaw Hypertonicity (Spastic and Hypokinetic)

Question 27

Strengthening

Answer 27

Articulation Improve strength and power to tongue, lips and jaw (Spastic and Flaccid)

Question 28

Force Physiology

Answer 28

Articulation Increase precision in tongue, lips and jaw (all dysarthrias)

Question 29

Phonetic Stimulation

Answer 29

Articulation Improve point of articulation (precision) related to specific consonants and vowels (all dysarthrias)

Question 30

Prosody Treatment

Answer 30

1. Pitch 2. Loudness Control 3. Intonation 4. Rate

Question 31

Pitch

Answer 31

Prosody Discriminate between two sounds Alternate pitch during speech

Question 32

Loudness Control

Answer 32

Prosody Discriminate between loudness levels Increase vocal loudness potential Improve loudness variations Reduce abnormal loudness outbursts

Question 33

Intonation

Answer 33

Prosody Emphasize a word in a phrase Convey questions Use appropriate pitch to end a sentence and signaling finality

Question 34

Rate

Answer 34

Increase rate of Speech Decreased rate of Speech Modulation control Pacing boards (pace pt. to slow down fast rate)