Evaluation of Motor Speech Disorders

Question 1

What are the 2 basic methods of evaluating motor speech disorders?

Answer 1

Perceptual Analysis and Instrumentation

Question 2

Which method is the “gold standard” for evaluation MSDs?

Answer 2

Perceptual Analysis

Question 3

Why is their poor agreement amongst SLPs when evaluation MSDs?

Answer 3

because individuals have difficulty attending to more than 1 aspect of a pathological acoustic signal

Question 4

What is included in an auditory perceptual assesment?

Answer 4

Oral mech exam and a speech exam (vowel prolongations, SMRs/AMRs, reading, and conversation)

Question 5

What motor characteristics do we take into consideration?

Answer 5

Symmetry 
Strength
Speed of movement 
Range of movement 
Steadiness 
Tone 
Accuracy

Question 6

The gag reflex is clinically significant only if it is _______ elicited.

Answer 6

asymmetrically

Question 7

What are some possible oral reflexes to assess?

Answer 7

Gag reflex, jaw jerk, sucking reflex, snout and palmomental

Question 8

What are the 5 components necessary for normal speech production needed to be assessed?

Answer 8

respiration, phonation, resonance, articulation, prosody

Question 9

______ is the primary function of speech production.

Answer 9

Respiration

Question 10

provides subglottic air pressure needed to set VFs into vibration

Answer 10

Respiration

Question 11

production of voiced phonemes through VF vibration in larynx

Answer 11

phonation

Question 12

proper placement of oral or nasal tonality onto phonemes during speech accomplished by raising and lowering of velum (VP closure)

Answer 12

resonance

Question 13

shaping of voal air stream into phonemes

Answer 13

articulation

Question 14

melody of speech, using stress and intonation to convey meaning

Answer 14

prosody