Lecture 5

Question 1

Flaccid dysarthria is due to UMN or LMN damage?

Answer 1

LMN

Question 2

The primary neuromuscular characteristic underlying flaccid dysarthria is?

Answer 2

Weakness

Question 3

In flaccid dysarthria, one or more impairments are seen in which speech subsystems (4)?

Answer 3

Respiration, phonation, resonance, and articulation.

Question 4

Unilateral LMN damage usually results in?

Answer 4

mild flaccid dysarthria.

Question 5

Damage to what cranial nerve causes difficulty with articulation and chewing, drooling, and moving/closing the jaw?

Answer 5

Cranial nerve V

Question 6

Damage to what nerve causes difficulty with articulation, facial expressions, drooling, and keeping food & liquids in the mouth.

Answer 6

Cranial nerve VII

Question 7

Damage to what nerve causes impaired phonation, resonance, and strangled voice quality.

Answer 7

Cranial nerve X

Question 8

Damage to what nerve causes impaired articulation, difficulty moving food around in the mouth,

Answer 8

Cranial nerve XII

Question 9

What are the (6) confirmatory signs of flaccid dysarthria.

Answer 9

paresis/paralysis
atrophy
fasiculations
fibrillation
reduced/absent reflexes
hypotonia

Question 10

Unilateral lower facial weakness can be a sign of what?

Answer 10

Unilateral UMN damage

Question 11

Cranial nerve damage signs on the speech subsystems are ipsilateral, bilateral, or contralateral?

Answer 11

ipsilateral