General MSDs Flashcards
1
Q
what is an apraxia?
A
formulating speech difficulty/planning problem
2
Q
what is dysarthria?
A
how the speech sounds
3
Q
how do you define ‘motor’?
A
the part of the nervous system that controls voluntary movements
4
Q
what is speech?
A
use of vocal symbols / physical production of language
5
Q
what is a disorder?
A
abnormality of function
6
Q
what do motor speech disorders include?
A
dysarthria and apraxia of speech (AOS)
7
Q
what can MSDs be?
A
- congenital or acquired
- improving, worsening or stable
- caused by lesions in the CNS (what we plan to say) and/or the PNS (peripheral speech sub-system)
- caused by various diseases/conditions
8
Q
what does speech require?
A
- large cortical sensorimotor space
- more motor fibres than any other human mechanical behaviour
- large number of muscles and neuromuscular events
9
Q
why are MSDs important?
A
- can occur frequently
- aid diagnosis of neurological disease
- may be first symptom and have profound effect on life
- can be managed and treated
