Speech

Question 1

Loss of voice that accompanies disease affecting the larynx or its nerve supply

Answer 1

Aphonia

Question 2

Disorder in producing or understanding language

Answer 2

Aphasia

Question 3

Less severe impairment in the volume, quality, or pitch of voice

Answer 3

Dysphonia

Question 4

Defects in the muscular control of the speech apparatus ( lips, tongue, palate, or pharynx ) Words may be nasal, slurred, or indistinct but the central symbolic aspect of language remains intact

Answer 4

Dysarthria

Question 5

Often caused by lesions in the dominant cerebral hemisphere , usually the Left

Answer 5

Aphasia

Question 6

Caused by Motor lesions of the CNS or PNS, parkinsonism, cerebellar disease

Answer 6

Dysarthria

Question 7

Caused by Laryngitis, laryngeal tumors and a unilateral vocal cord paralysis ( CN X )

Answer 7

Dysphonia

Question 8

Example: A person may be hoarse or only able to speak in a whisper

Answer 8

Dysphonia