Identify the dysarthria type Flashcards

1
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Lesion to one or more CNs or spinal nerves

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Flaccid dysarthria

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2
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Lesions to the cerebellum and its connections

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Ataxic dysarthria

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3
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Lesions to LMNs that innervate respiratory musculature or CNs that innervate speech musculature

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Flaccid dysarthria

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4
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Combined weakness & spasticity (UMN)

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Spastic dysarthria

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5
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Muscle weakness

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Flaccid dysarthria

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6
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Irregular articulatory breakdowns

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Ataxic dysarthria

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7
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Etiology: any process that damages the direct and indirect activation pathways bilaterally.

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Spastic dysarthria

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8
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Problems at the level of the FCP (LMN involvement)

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Flaccid dysarthria

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9
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Degenerative diseases, tumor, & trauma (more than one type of dysarthria can be caused by these things)

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  • Flaccid
  • Spastic
  • Ataxic
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10
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Damage to UMNs (unilateral)

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Unilateral upper motor neuron (UUMN) dysarthria

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11
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Damage to internal capsule, lobar, cortical, brainstem, and/or thalamus

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Unilateral upper motor neuron (UUMN) dysarthria

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12
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Can be caused by demyelinating diseases (more than one type of dysarthria can be caused by these things)

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  • flaccid
  • ataxic
  • UUMN
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13
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Irregular speech AMRs

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Ataxic dysarthria

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14
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Excess & equal stress patterns (two kinds)

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Ataxic & spastic dysarthria

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15
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Harsh, strained-strangled quality with an effortful grunt at the end of vocalizations

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Spastic dysarthria

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16
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Reduced muscle tone

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Flaccid dysarthria

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17
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Apparent in articulation (imprecise irregular breakdowns), phonation (harshness, reduced loudness), & prosody (slow rate & slow/imprecise/irregular DDKs)

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Unilateral upper motor neuron (UUMN) dysarthria

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18
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excess loudness variations & poor pitch control

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Ataxic dysarthria

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19
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low pitch; pitch breaks; reduced stress; monoloudness

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Spastic dysarthria

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20
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speech deteriorates when fatigued or stressed

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UUMN

21
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distorted vowels

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Ataxic dysarthria

22
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intermittent hyponasality may occur

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Ataxic dysarthria

23
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Hypernasality

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Spastic (No NAE) & Flaccid (NAE)

24
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slow rate of speech

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Flaccid, Spastic, & UUMN dysarthria

25
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Heaviness or thickness of tongue

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UUMN

26
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impacts range of motion (ROM)

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Flaccid, spastic, & hypokinetic dysarthria

27
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harshness, breathiness, pitch breaks, tremors, and quivering

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Ataxic dysarthria

28
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site of lesion: direct (pyramidal tracts) or indirect (extrapyramidal tracts) activation pathways

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Spastic dysarthria

29
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Occurs when there is neurological damage to two or more parts of the motor system

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Mixed dysarthria

30
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Especially affects voice, articulation, and prosody (but also respiratory, phonatory, and resonatory.)

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

31
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Decreased range of motion is a significant issue

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

32
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Primarily affects aspects of speech motor control

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

33
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Less motion

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

34
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Caused from Parkinson’s disease; lesions in basal ganglia

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

35
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Rigidity
Reduced ROM
Head tremors
Arm swing

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

36
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unique: increased rate of speech

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

37
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Patient complaints:

  • Deny or minimize changes in voice
  • “hard to get speech started”
  • “Stutter”
  • Fatigue
  • Variations in speech during medication cycle
  • Drooling/ swallowing complaints
  • Stiff upper lip
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Hypokinetic dysarthria

38
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Only dysarthria associated w/ rapid, repetitive rate of speech (with subsequent reduced intelligibility)

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

39
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Affects all subsystems of speech (artic & prosody!)

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

40
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Speech impacted by rigidity, reduced force, and reduced ROM

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

41
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Slow individual movements but general fast rate once speech gets started

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

42
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Associated w/ Basal Ganglia Disease (insufficient production in dopamine in the substantia nigra

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

43
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Monopitch, monoloudness, and palilalia (involuntary repetition of words, phrases or sentences)

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

44
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Involuntary movements

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Hyperkinetic dysarthria

45
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Basal ganglia control circuit: basal ganglia, thalamus, and cerebral cortex

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Hyperkinetic dysarthria

46
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Abolished by sleep and exacerbated by anxiety and heightened emotions

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Hyperkinetic dysarthria

47
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89% Undetermined
Toxic-metabolic 3%
Degen 2% - Huntington’s
Trauma 1%, Vascular 1%, Other 4%

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Hyperkinetic dysarthria

48
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Degenerative 87% - Parkinson's
Lewy Body
Vascular 4%, 
Multi causes 3%, Trauma 2%, other 1%, infectious 1%, 
Undetermined 2%
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Hypokinetic dysarthria