hyperkinetic

Question 1

what are the medical causes?

Answer 1

huntingtons
athetoid/dyskinetic CP
tourettes
MS (sometimes)

facial/tartive dyskinesia (psychiatric medications)

Question 2

where is the lesion located?

Answer 2

basal ganglia

Question 3

what are the physical signs?

Answer 3

rapid and involuntary movements

abrupt contractions of muscles

too much movement

difficulty sustaining movement

Question 4

what are the hallmark speech characteristics?

Answer 4

prosodic excess
prolonged phonemes
inappropriate silenece intervals

Question 5

define dyskinesias

Answer 5

essential tremor that happens at rest including during respiratory

Question 6

define laryngeal distonia

Answer 6

very rare; spasms in the PCA
muscles that affect the voiceless sounds

can test by asking client to count in the sixties

Question 7

dystonic tremor is xx xx during speech only

Answer 7

task specific