UUMN Dysarthria Flashcards
1
Q
Salient Speech Features
A
- Imprecise consonants
- Slow rate
- Irregular articulatory breakdown
2
Q
Revealing Assessment Task
A
- AMRs
- Continuous speech
3
Q
Related Speech Characteristics or Deficits
A
- Irregular AMRs
- Mild deficits
- Speedy recovery
4
Q
Confirmation Signs
A
- Unilateral central facial weakness
- Lingual weakness without atrophy/fasciculations
- Hemiplegia/paresis
5
Q
Site of Lesion
A
- CVA (left carotid or middle cerebral artery occlusions, lacunar infarcts)
- Tumor
