Notes from Videos Flashcards
Apraxia: are they better at imitation or spontaneous movements?
Imitated
Sometimes they cannot do a movement until you model it
Apraxia: are they better at imitation?
Yes
What’s the difference between oral and verbal apraxia?
Oral: non-speech tasks of the oral structures e.g. stick out your tongue
Verbal: trouble with speech tasks
What’s the difference between oral and verbal apraxia?
Oral: non-speech tasks of the oral structures e.g. stick out your tongue
Verbal: trouble with speech tasks
In apraxia tests, why do the words and phrases get longer?
Because as the length increases, the harder it get for patients with verbal apraxia
In apraxia tests, why do the words and phrases get longer?
Because as the length increases, the harder it get for patients with verbal apraxia
During an assessment, if a patient is having trouble repeating longer phrases they may have apraxia, but they have:
- memory problems
- aphasia also
etc.
Some speech characteristics we can hear with verbal apraxia:
- stopping and starting
- self-correcting
- distortions
- substitutions
(due to groping behaviors)
Some speech characteristics we can hear with verbal apraxia:
- stopping and starting
- self-correcting
- distortions
- substitutions
(due to groping behaviors)
-praxia
performance of movements
apraxia
Inability to perform purposeful movements
dyspraxia
The partial loss of the ability to co-ordinate and perform skilled, purposeful movements and gestures
dyspraxia
The partial loss of the ability to co-ordinate and perform skilled, purposeful movements and gestures
Why do hypernasality and decreased intelligibility go together?
Can’t build up intra-oral-air (Pressure Consonants: stops, fricatives, affricates) if have VP dysfunction
