Overview of Dysarthria & Apraxia Flashcards
Dysarthria can be congenital or acquired. T/F
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A speech disorder resulting from a disturbance in muscular control. Results in weakness, slowness, in-coordination of speech musculature due to damage of CNS, PNS, or both.
Dysarthria
Speech systems that can be affected by dysarthria
Respiration Phonation Resonance Articulation Prosody
An articulatory disorder resulting from impairments as a result of brain damage of the capacity to program the positioning of speech muscles and the sequencing of muscle movements for the volitional production of phonemes.
Apraxia
Absence of weakness, absence of slowness & in coordination during automatic speech or as part of a reflex, and prosodic alterations may be present in…..
Apraxia
Consistent errors, volitional vs spontaneous speech makes no difference, therapy targets strengthening systems, systems of speech may be affected….best describes
Dysarthria
Inconsistent errors, the ability to say a word spontaneously but not volitionally, therapy targets burning in the motor program, articulation difficulty…..best describes
Apraxia
Four parts of speech motor system
Final common pathway
Direct activation pathway
Indirect activation pathway
Control circuits
Another name for final common pathway
Lower motor neuron
The LMN (FCP) is the ….
Mechanism through which all motor activity is mediated, the last link in the chain.
Damage to LMN prevents
Normal activations muscle fibers
Damage to LMN can result in
Weakness/ paresis or paralysis
Over time, when damage to LMN has occurred, you will see
Atrophy due to loss of inner action
Fasiculations
Spontaneous motor discharges are called
Fasiculations
What type of dysarthria is associated with LMN damage?
Flaccid
What cranial nerves does the LMN contain?
Trigeminal V Facial VII Glossopharyngeal IX Vagus X Accessory XI Hypoglossal XII
Another name for the direct activation pathway
Pyramidal tract or direct motor system
The DAP is part of the ________ nervous system and provides a direct route from cortex to a direct synapse with the LMN.
Central
What tract in the DAP is of interest to SLPs?
Corticobulbar tract
Crucial to voluntary, controlled, discrete and rapid motor activity; movements generated by cognitive activity that may involve complex planning; mediates the complex planning, programming of speech muscles……best describes the function of the
DAP
Areas of origination in the cortex of each hemisphere for the DAP include…
Primary motor cortex
Premotor cortex
Supplementary motor area
Secondary motor area (post central gyrus)
Damage to the DAP may result in what types of dysarthria?
Spastic (ONLY if bi-lateral)
Unilateral upper motor neuron dysarthria
Function & route complex, poorly understood; difficult to separate completely from basal ganglia & cerebellar control circuits; sends input directly to the LMN, control circuits do not…best describes
Indirect activation pathway
Another name for indirect activation pathway is
Extra pyramidal tract. Or indirect route (due to multiple synapses)
The IAP is considered part of the UMN and is contained within the _____?
CNS
Damage to IAP causes what kind of dysarthria?
Unilateral upper motor neuron
Dysarthria or spastic dysarthria.
Regulates reflexes, maintains posture & tone, provides framework for the direct pathway to accomplish its discrete fine motor movements…best describes the function of
The IAP
Damage to ______ can affect muscle tone & reflexes, increased muscle tone or spasticity, hyperactive reflexes, pathological reflexes, excessive emotion
IAP
Pseudo bulbar palsy (chatacterized by excessive emotion) indicated damage to the _______
IAP
Contained within CNS, made up of nerve tracts from DAP & IAP, spastic paralysis, hypertonic, increased reflexes, no atrophy/ fasiculations…..best describes….
UMN
Peripheral nervous system, cranial & spinal nerves, flaccid paralysis, hypotonia, diminished reflexes, marked atrophy and fasiculations….best describes…
LMN
No direct contact with LMN, integrate or control the impulses of the direct and indirect motor pathways….best describe….
Control circuits
Two control circuits are the
Basal ganglia & cerebellum
Normal posture, maintaining tone of muscles for fine motor movements, amplitude and velocity of movement, damping effect on cortical discharges, and learning new movements all are believed to be functions of the…
Basal ganglia
Damage to BG results in two movement disorders…
Hypokinesia
Hyperkinesia
Reduced mobility, dopamine deficiency, increase in muscle tone and rigidity, Parkinson disease are associated with the movement disorder…
Hypokinesia
Involuntary movements, excessive activity in dopamine rigid nerve fibers reduce the damping effect, Huntington’s chorea are associated with the movement disorder…
Hyperkinesia