Neuro Flashcards
loss of previously acquired reading skills
alexia
loss of writing skills
agraphia
impaired understanding of certain stimuli- pt’s can see, feel, and hear stimuli but cannot understand meaning
agnosia
dysarthria, damage to cerebellar system
ataxic
dysarthria, damage to motor units of cranial/spinal nerves
flaccid
dysarthrias, damage to basal ganglia
hyperkinetic and hypokinetic
dysarthria, bilateral damage to upper motor neurons
spastic
dysarthria, unilateral damage to upper motor neurons
UUMN
ataxic
artic and prosody errors (bc poor timing and coordination)
less fatigued than flaccid and spastic
flaccid
WEAK respiration, VF’s, velum
so breathy and hypernasal
deficits:
automatics (breathing)
reflexive (coughing)
voluntary (speech)
hyperkinetic
excess loudness
irregular breakdowns
voice tremor
hypokinetic
monotone
masked face
hoarse
breathy
resting tremor
spastic
hyper adducted VF’s so harsh, pitch breaks
2 most common forms of mixed dysarthrias
flaccid-spastic
ataxic-spastic
acquired neurological syndrome; progressive deterioration in intellectual functions, judgement, thinking, visuospatial skills, constructional abilities, language, memory, emotion, and behavior
dementia