Week 1 Flashcards
Dysarthria
Neurological etiology
Most prevalent
Affects all movement (spontaneous, volitional, reflexive)
Apraxia of Speech
Neurogenic communication disorder
Affects motor programming
Difficulty translating conscious speech plans into motor plans
What are the Big 8 Characteristics?
Tone Symmetry Steadiness Strength ROM Accuracy Coordination Speed
What has characteristics of struggle, slowness, articulatory groping/imprecision?
AoS
What is anarthria and what is it a characteristic of?
No longer being able to produce meaningful speech
Dysarthria
What should an Assessment by an SLP include?
Identify the speech, language, swallowing symptoms
Evaluate the severity of the problems
Make an SLP diagnosis
Use hypothesis to set goals and select procedures
Use hypothesis to estimate prognosis for recovery of speech production (will they return to baseline)
What is the case history?
What the patient tells you
Referrals info
Medical records
Case Hx
Patients accounts
What are direct observations?
What you observe
What are the relevant variables to the assessment?
Age Age of onset Course Site of lesion Neurologic diagnosis Pathophysiology
