Hypokinetic Dysarthria Flashcards
1
Q
Salient Speech Features
A
- Breathiness
- Hoarseness
- Slow or accelerated rate
- Reduced loudness
- Reduced ROM
- Monopitch & monoloudness
2
Q
Revealing Assessment Tasks
A
- AMRs
- Sustained /a/
- Reading
3
Q
Related Speech Characteristics or Deficits
A
- Accelerated/blurred AMRs
- Inappropriate silences
- Palilalia or dysfluency
4
Q
Confirmation Signs
A
- Facial masking
- Reduced ROM
- Tremor
- Rigidity
- Shuffling gait
- Bradykinesia
- Cognitive impairment
5
Q
Common etiologies
A
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Parkinsonism (PSP, MSA-P, OPCA, CBD, Pick’s disease, Wilson’s disease)
- Environmental toxins (MPTP)
- Anoxia
6
Q
Site of Lesion
A
Basal Ganglia