Weaker Areas Flashcards

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Non fluent aphasias

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Good comp: Brocas and transcortical motor

Poor comp: mixed non fluent and global

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Fluent aphasias

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Good comp: conduction and anomic

Poor comp: wernickes and transcortical sensory

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Brocas aphasia

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Bromann’s areas 44 and 45

Good comp

Can’t repeat words/sentences

Misarticulations/distorted speech sounds

Agrammatic/telegraphic speech

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Transcortical motor aphasia

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Lesions in anterior superior frontal lobe usually above or below Broca’s area

Good comp

Can repeat words/sents

Paraphasic, agrammatic/telegraphic

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5
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Mixed non fluent aphasia

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Poor comp

Some spontaneous speech

Echolalia

Impaired fluency

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Global aphasia

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Lesions affecting all Lang areas

Little to no comp or expression

Most severe aphasia

Perseveration

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Conduction aphasia

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Very rare; lesions between Brocas and wernickes areas

Good comp, fluent

Many phonemic paraphasias

Word finding problems

Missing content words

Good syntax, prosody, and artic

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Wernickes aphasia

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Fluent, poor comp

Can’t repeat words/sents

Rapid rate with normal prosody and good artic

Severe word finding issues

Semantic and literal paraphasias

Circumlocutions

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Transcortical sensory aphasia

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Lesions in temporoparietal region

Poor comp, fluent

Normal phrase length, prosody, artic, grammar and syntax

Good repetition

Severe naming problems

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10
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Dysarthrias definition

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Neuro based speech disorders c/b abnormal strength, speed, range, steadiness, tone, and movement accuracy in speech production

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Causes of the dysarthrias

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Nonprogressive neuro conditions (stroke, infections)

Degenerative neuro diseases (als, Parkinson’s)

Neurotraumatic causes

Infectious diseases (aids)

Toxic metabolic causes (botulism)

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12
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Lesion sites for dysarthrias

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LMN

Unilateral or bilateral UMN

Cerebellum

Basal ganglia

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Some body issues related to dysarthria

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Muscle weakness

Spasticity

Incoordination

Rigidity

Movement disorders

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Movement disorder symptoms

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Reduced/variable range and speed of movement

Involuntary movements

Reduced strength of movement

Unsteady/inaccurate movement

Abnormal tone (increased, decreased, or variable)

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Dysarthria types

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Flaccid

Spastic

Ataxic

Hypokinetic

Unilateral upper motor neuron

Hyperkinetic

Mixed

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Flaccid dysarthria

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LMN damage

Weakness, fasciculations, reduced reflexes, reduced tone

Hypernasality, breathiness, nasal emission, short phrases, imprecise artic

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Spastic dysarthria

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Bilateral UMN

Weakness, spasticity

Imprecise consonants, harshness, low pitch, slow rate, strained strangled quality, short phrases, pitch breaks

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Ataxic dysarthria

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Cerebellum damage

Incoordination, reduced tone, jerkiness

Drunk speech, excess and equal stress, irregular artic breakdowns, distorted vowels, prolonged phonemes, excess loudness variations

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Hypokinetic dysarthria

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Basal ganglia damage

Usually with Parkinson’s, rigidity, masked face

Monopitch, reduced stress, monoloudness, short rushes of speech, variable/increased rate, repeated phonemes, swallowing problems

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Hyperkinetic dysarthria

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Basal ganglia damage

Involuntary movements

Strained strangled voice, chorea, loudness variation

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Unilateral upper motor neuron dysarthria

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UUMN, frontal lobe (motor strip)

Hemiparesis, unilateral lingual weakness and central facial weakness

Imprecise artic, slow rate, slow/irregular alternating motion rates, harsh/hoarse, sometimes reduced loudness,

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2 common Mixed dysarthrias

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Flaccid-spastic

Ataxic-spastic

23
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Flaccid-spastic dysarthria

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Associated with ALS

Imprecise consonants

Hypernasality

Harshness, breathiness

Slow rate

Monopitch, monoloudness

Short phrases, prolonged intervals

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Ataxic-spastic dysarthria

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Associated with MS

Impaired loudness control

Harshness, breathiness

Imprecise artic

Impaired emphasis

Hypernasality

Inappropriate pitch levels

Decreased vital capacity

Sudden artic breakdowns

25
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Cranial nerves for speech

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V trigeminal (s/m)

VII facial (s/m)

IX glossopharyngeal (s/m)

X vagus (s/m)

XI spinal accessory (m)

XII hypoglossal (m)

26
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Trigeminal nerve

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V

Motor to jaw, temple, soft palate, larynx, middle ear

27
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Facial nerve

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VII

Motor to facial muscles, stapedius, larynx

Sensory: anterior 2/3 tongue

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Vagus nerve

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X

Motor: smooth esophagus muscles, pharynx, larynx, soft palate, palatoglossal

Sensory: pharynx mucosa, inferior of epiglottis, trachea, bronchi, esophagus, pain input from pharynx and larynx

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Hypoglossal nerve

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XII

All tongue movements

30
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Glossopharyngeal

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IX

Motor: pharynx

Sensory: tongue and pharynx

31
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Spinal accessory

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XI

motor: head, shoulders, throat