management for dysarthrias

Question 1

what management approaches would you use for managing respiration in pts with dysarthria?

Answer 1

blowing bubbles, visipitch, VU meter, pushing/pulling/bearing down, SEE Scape, maximum vowel prolongation, postural adjustments
abdominal binders, corsets, expiratory board/paddle
shorter phrases per breath group, inhaling and exhaling more deeply

Question 2

what are speaker oriented treatments?

Answer 2

oriented towards helping the speaker with the problem. include respiration, phonation, resonance, articulation, rate, prosody and naturalness

Question 3

what management approaches would you use for managing phonation in pts with dysarthria?

Answer 3

laryngeal surgery: implants, arytenoid adduction surgery, recurrent nerve resection
fat, collage, Teflon, botox injections
prosthetic: amplifier, voice intensity controller
behavioral: coughing in controlled manner, LSVT for pts w/parkinsons

Question 4

what management approaches would you use for resonance in pts with dysarthria?

Answer 4

pharyngeal flap, injection, palatal lift prosthesis, nose clip, SEE Scape
behavioral: slow rate and overarticulation

Question 5

what management approaches would you use for articulation in pts with dysarthria?

Answer 5

stretching, strength training, bite block, traditional artic approach, compensatory strategies, exaggerating consonants

Question 6

what management approaches would you use for rate for pts with dysarthria?

Answer 6

DAF, pacing board, letter/alphabet board, hand/finger tapping, rhythmic cueing, visual feedback

Question 7

what management approaches would you use for natural/prosody for pts with dysarthria?

Answer 7

chunking utterances, contrastive stress, and LSVT