Spastic Dysarthria Flashcards
1
Q
What causes Spastic Dysarthria?
A
Bilateral Upper Motor Neuron Impairment
2
Q
What is the main sign of spastic dysarthria?
A
Increased tone
3
Q
What does increased tone mean
A
Increased resistance in the muscle
4
Q
What are the neuromuscular characteristics of spastic dysarthria?
A
spasticity, weakness and exaggerated reflexes
5
Q
What are the characteristic clusters of spastic dysarthria?
A
prosodic excess, prosodic insufficiency, articulatory-resonator incompetence and phonatory stenosis.
6
Q
What are some of the deviation speech dimensions of spastic dysarthria?
A
Imprecise consonants, monopitch, slow rate, harsh voice, strained voice
