Motor speech and dysphagia Flashcards
what are the characteristics of AOS
- slower rate of speech
- distorted speech sound substitutions
- syllable segmentation
- articulatory groping, false starts and restarts
- prosodic impairment
- more errors on longer utterances
what are the characteristics of AOS in adults
unimpaired reflex and automatic acts. The difficulty is with voluntary movement
what does AOS typically associate with
- aphasia, especially Brocas
2. less frequently with unilateral uppermotor neuron dysarthria
what is primary progressive apraxia of speech
- when AOS is the only dominant symptom in primary progressive aphasia or dysarthria
- insidious onset and slow progress as compared to stroke induced AOS which is sudden with some improvement then stabilized
what is the neuropathology of AOS
- most often from a single left hemisphere stroke
- progressive AOS may be caused by degenerative diseases that cause primary progressive aphasia
- can be caused by left hemisphere trauma
what are the general symptoms of AOS
- impaired oral sensation in some
- language disorders may coexist if aphasia present
- if dysarthria coexists, facial and lingual weakness
what are the communication deficits in AOS
- auditory processing deficits
- have general awareness of speech problem which causes frustration
- slow or delayed initiation of speech
- may use compensatory strategy of reduced rate
- speech production errors
- prosodic problems
what are the speech production errors seen in AOS
- problems in volitional or spontaneous sequencing of movements with unaffected automatic speech
- high variability of speech errors that change on repeated attempts
- speech sound substitutions more common that distortions and omissions
- voicing errors (voiceless for voiced)
- more difficulty with consonants than vowels
- regressive assimilation
- progressive assimilatio
- metathetic errors ( switched positions of phonemes)
- insertion of schwa into consonant clusters
- increased frequency of errors on longer words
- trial and error groping
- greater difficulty with word initial sounds
- attempts at self repair
what prosodic problems are associated with AOS
- slower rate with difficulty changing the rate when requested
- impaired intonation becuse of increased duration of consonants
- even stress and restricted range of loudness, limited pitch
- fluency problems (silent pauses especially at initiation
How is AOS assessed
- check for aphasia when the patient shows coexisting signs
- tape record speech sample and transcribe. Note groping, self correction, repetition, dysfluencies, facial grimacing etc.
- evoke imitation of speech sounds
- diadochokinesis
- imitate progressively longer words, phrases, sentences
- evoke counting
- picture description
- oral reading
- check for oral apraxia or dysarthri
- assess limb apraxia
- standardized test: Apraxia Battery for Adults
How is AOS treated
behavioral treatment
- treatment should include instructions, demonstration, modeling, shaping, phonetic placement, frequent cueing, use of rhythm, immediate positive or corrective feedback
- treatment targets include artic accuracy, slower rate, systematic practice, gradual increase in rate, and normal prosody
- more difficult words promote better generalization
- include practice with a variety of sounds and sound combinatins
- repeated trials on same target response necessary to start
- cueing includes tactile cues for artic placement, simultaneous production, modeling, delayed imitation
- contrastive stress, phonetic cotrasts, carrier phrases, and singing may be useful
- push on abdomen to get vocal fold closure
- metronome or pacing board may be useful
- emphasize total communication
- teach self monitoring
- teach family members to speak slower when client is focused and use total communication
what is SPT or sound production treatment
minimal contrast therapy
what is the pathology of ataxic dysarthria
- appears only during movement
- will be manifested in other motor movements
- neuropathology is bilateral or generalized cerebellar lesions
- Friedreich’s ataxia is a degenerative form
- ataxic gait, nystagmus, and dysmetria may be present
what is dysmetria
undershooting and overshooting a target
what are the characteristics of ataxic dysarthria
- gait disturbance
- movement disorder (overshoot, undershoot, jerky, etc)
- respiratory disorder: exaggerated and paradoxical movement during speech
- artic disorders:imprecise consonants, irregular artic breakdown, distorted vowels
- prosodic disorder: excessive and even stress, prolonged phonemes, intervals between wors or syllables, slow rate
- phonatory disorder: monopitch, monoloudness, harshness
- speech quality: sounds drunk
- resonance disorder: intermittent hyponasality on some
what is flaccid dysarthria
- damage to LMN for volitional and nonvolitional movement
- characterized by hypotonia
- can be caused by degenerative disease (ALS),motor neuron disease, progressive bulbar disease, MS
what are the major characteristics of flaccid dysarthria
- muscular disorders: weakness, hypotonia, atrophy, diminished reflexes, fasiculations, fibrillations, rapid and progressive weakness with use
- respiratory weakness: reduced subglottic air pressure, weak inhalation
- phonatory disorder: breathy voice, audible inspiration
- resonance disorder: hypernasality, nasal emission
- artic disorder: imprecise consonants, weak pressure consonants
- cluster: phonatory incompetence, resonatory incompetence, phonatory-prosodic insufficiency
what is the etiology of hyperkinetic dysarthria
- results from damage to the basal ganglia
- produces variable muscle tone and involuntary movement
- commonly caused by degenerative disease (Huntington’s), vascular disease (brainstem stroke), trauma, toxic condition,
what are the major characteristics of hyperkinetic dysarthria
- orofacial dyskinesia: abnormal, involuntary, movement of orofacial muscles
- myoclonus: involuntary jerks of body
- tics: patterned, rapid, commonly of face and shoulders
- chorea: purposeless, random, involuntary
- athetosis: slow, writing,
- Ballism: bilateral, involutary movement of extremities
- hemiballism: unilateral ballism
- dystonia: contractions of antagonistic muscles that cause abnormal postures
- respiratory problems: audible inspiration, forced sudden inspiration not typical of other dysarthrias
- phonatory disorder: voice tremor, strained voice, voice stoppage, vocal noise
- resonance disorders: hypernasality
- artic problems: impreise consonant production with distorted vowels and slow rate
- prosodic problems: prolonged interword intervals, inappropriate silent periods, phoneme prolongations, excess and equal stress
what are the characteristics of hypokinetic dysarthria
- resting tremors
- mask face with infrequent blinking, no smiling
- micrographic writing
- walking disorder
- postural disturbances
- decreased swallowing: drooling
- respiratory problems: reduced vital capacity, irregular breathing
- phonatory disorders: monopitch, low pitch, harsh and breathy voice
- prosodic disorder: reduced stress, inappropriate silent intervals, short rushes of speech
- artic disorders: imprecise or distorted consonants, stops sound like fricatives
what is the etiology of spastic dysarthria
bilateral damage to upper motor neuron
- most commonly caused by multiple strokes that damage both the pyramidal and extrapyramidal systems
- Cerebral palsy in children
what are the characteristics of spastic dysarthria
- spasticity and weakness
- movement disorder: reduced range, force, and speed, loss of fine and skilled movement, increased muscle tone
- artic: imprecise consonants and distorted vowels
- prosody: excess and equal stress, slow rate, reduced stress, short phrases
- phonatory: hyperadduction of folds,
- resonance disorder: predominant hypernasality due to inadequate closure of velopharyngeal port
what are the most common mixed forms of dysarthria
- flaccid-spastic: associated with ALS
2. ataxic-spastic: associated with MS
what is the etiology of UUMN dysarthria
- purely anatomical
2. most common cause is stroke
what are the characteristics of UUMN dysarthria
- neurologic impairmet: unilateral lower face, tongue, palate weakness, and hemiplegia
- artic disorder: imprecise production of consonants, irregular artic breakdown, some vowel distortion
- phatory disorder: harsh voice, reduced loudness, strained, hoarse etc
- prosodic disorder: slow rate, equal and excess stress
- resonance : hypernasality or nasal emission
how do you assess the dysarthrias
- conversational speech sample and reading sample
- speech tasks including imitation of syllables, words, etc
- diadochokinetic rate AMR’s, and SMR
- oral mech exam
- observe patient posture and breath
- assess phonation: ahs
- assess artic, prosody, resonance, intelligibility,
- assess muscle strength, speed, range, accuracy, tone, and steadiness of movement
- use a standardized test
what are some standardized tests for dysarthria
- Assesment of Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech
- Quick assessment for dysarthria
- Frenchay dysarthria assessment
how do you treat respiration in dysarthria
- train maximum vowel prolongation
- production of longer phrases
- controlled exhalation
- have patient push, pull, or bear down during speech tasks
- use resistive breathing devices to increase breath support
- use a manual push on the clients abdomen
- teach client to inhale more deeply and exhale slowly with greater force
how do you treat resonance
- provide feedback on nasal airflow by mirror, nasal flow transducer, or nasendoscope
- train the client to open mouth wider to increase oral resonance and vocal intensity
- use a nose clip
how do you modify articulation in dysarthria
- use a bite block to improve jaw control
- model, shape, immediate feedback, phonetic placement, slow rate
- minimal constrast pairs
- relaxation techniques such as jaw shaking exercise to loosen up muscles
- teach compensatory artic movements
what is the most common causes of dysphagia
- brainstem strokes
- tumors and neurologic disease
- surgery or radiation treatment
- TBI
what are disorders of the oral prep phase
- chewing problems because of reduced movement, buccal tension, and poor alignment of mandible and maxilla
- difficulty forming and holding bolus
what are disorders of the oral phase of swallowing
- begins with anterior to posterior tongue action.
- ends when food passes through the faucial arches
- anterior instead of posterior tongue movement, weak tongue movement, reduced range of movement and elevation
- tongue thrust
- decreased tongue sensation may cause premature loss of bolus
- residue due to incomplete swallow
- premature swallow before swallow
- piecemeal swallow
what are disorders of the pharyngeal phase of swallowing
- involves velopharyngeal closure, laryngeal elevation, opening of UES
- delayed or absent swallow reflex
- pharyngeal stripping problems
- residue in valleculae due to reduced base of tongue strength
- aspiration before and after swallow
what are disorders of the esophageal phase of swallowing
- not under voluntary control
- food propelled through peristaltic action and gravity
- difficulty passing the bolus through the cricopharyngeal muscle
- backflow from esophagus to pharynx
- diverticulum (pouch that collects food)
- tracheoesophageal fistula
what is achalasia
esophageal swallowing disorderdue to esophageal motility impairment. Food remains in the esophagus
how are swallowing disorders assessed
- assess ethnocultural background, food habits, restrictions
- screen speech, voice, language, and writing skills during clinical interview. Note voice quality, hypo and hypernasality
- screen concrete and abstract language comprehension through verbal commands and patient defining proverbs and phrases
- oral mech for strength and range of motion
- bedside swallow test
- examine laryngeal elevation by placing fingers on chin, hyoid, and larynx
how should you position the patient for test swallows
- tilt head downward as food is placed in mouth, and tilt head back when swallow is initiated in the case of tongue weakness
- for hemilaryngectomy, delayed swallow, inadequate laryngeal closure, tilt head down to hold food in valleculae until the reflex is triggered
what are direct treatments of swallowing disorders
- food or liquid is placed in mouth to shape appropriate swallowing
how do you treat disorders of the oral prep phase of swallow
teach the patient to
- press tongue against hard palate
- keep food on more mobile side of the tongue or mouth
- apply pressure to damaged cheek to increase tension
- tilt head to stronger side
how do you treat disorders of the pharyngeal phase of swallowing
- chin tuck to compensate for delayed or absent swallow reflex. Widens the valleculae so the bolus can collect there before the swallow
- alternate liquid and semisolid swallows to help clear the pharynx with reduced peristalsis
- multiple swallows
- tilt head to strong side for unilateral paralysis, decreased laryngeal elevation, poor epiglottic inversion, or decreased PES opening
- tilt head to weak side if there is weak pharyngeal contraction on one side. It forces the bolus down the intact side
- tilt head forward while placing pressure on thyroid cartilatge on damaged side to improve laryngeal closure
how do you treat disorders of the esophageal phase of swallowing
- avoid foods
- small portions, 2-3 hours before bed, elevate head
- lose weight, stop smoking
- remain upright for 30 minutes after eating
what are indirect treatment of swallowing disorders
does not involve food
exercises and skill training designed to improve muscle strength
how do you increase the range of tongue movement
raise tongue, hold as high as possible, alternate raising and lowering
how do you increase buccal tension
stretch lips tightly and say “ee”
round lips tightly and say “oh”
alternate
how do you increase range of lateral movement of the jaw
wide opening and sideways movement of jaw
how do you increase tongue resistance
push tongue against a tongue depressor
how do you stimulate the swallow reflex
- thermal stimulation of anterior faucial arch with laryngeal mirror dipped in ice water
- ask patient to swallow after stiulation without food
- practice liquid swallow after stimulation
- increase consistency
how do you improve adduction of folds
- holding breath, patient pushes down on chair
2. lift or push with simultaneous voicing
how do you increase base of tongue strength
- Masako maneuver: patient holds anterior tongue between teeth and dry swallows
- can also be strengthened by sucking a thick consistency through a straw