Sailent Speech Characteristics: Dysarthrias

Question 1

• low effort speech
• normal speaking rate
• depends on site of lesion
• DDK: WNL, can be imprecise

Answer 1

Flaccid Dysarthria

Question 2

• slow speaking rate
• DDK: Slowed

Answer 2

Spastic Dysarthria

Question 3

• Inaccuracy of movement
• irregular range and timing
• slowness of movement
• DDK: irregular, asynchronous, syncopated

Answer 3

Ataxic Dysarthria

Question 4

• breathy
• fast rate of speech
• dysfluency
• DDK: WNL or fast, imprecise

Answer 4

Hypokinetic Dysarthria

Question 5

• abnormal rate and prosody
• DDK: Effortful, inconsistent

Answer 5

Hyperkinetic Dysarthria

Question 6

• minimal/mild; usually temporary
• prominent contralateral lower facial weakness
• can cause some tongue weakness contralaterally
• DDK: functional

Answer 6

Unilateral Upper Motor Neuron Dysarthria