Motor Speech Disorders Flashcards
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Location of Flaccid Lesion
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LMN
2
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Location of Spastic Lesion
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BILATERAL UMN
3
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Location of Ataxic Lesion
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Cerebellum
4
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Location of Hypokinetic Lesion
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Basal Ganglia
5
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Location of Hyperkinetic Lesion
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Basal Ganglia (excess)
6
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Etiologies of Flaccid Dysarthria
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- Degenerative (ALS, MG, MS)
- Surgical trauma
- CVA
7
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Etiologies of Spastic
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- CVA
- Degenerative
- TBI
- Infection
- CP
8
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Etiologies of Ataxic
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- Cerebellar injury
9
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Etiologies of Hypokinetic
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PD
10
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Etiologies of Hyperkinetic
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Huntington’s disease
11
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Etiologies of UUMN
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Unilateral stroke
12
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Speech characteristics of Flaccid
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- hypernasality/nasal emissions
- imprecise consonants
- Hoarse voice
- monopitch/loudness
- slow and slurred DDKs
- tongue fasciculations
13
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Speech characteristics of spastic
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- Hypernasality
- Harsh, breathy voice
- Strained/strangled voice
- Monoloudness
- Imprecise consonants
- excess and equal stress
14
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Speech characteristics of ataxic
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- slow, slurred speech (drunk)
- excess and equal stress
- irregular incoordination
- distorted vowels
- monopitch/loudness
- prolonged phonemes
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Speech characteristics of hypokinetic
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- Monopitch/loudness
- Short rushes of speech
- Low, flat pitch
- variable rate
- breathy, harsh voice
- reduced stress
- inappropriate silences
- DDKs = fast and imprecise
