flaccid dysarthria
impairments of lmns in cranial or spinal nerves (pns damage)
flaccid dysarthria causes
caused by any disorder that disrupts flow of neural impulses along lmns travel to reach muscles
location of damage flaccid
final common pathway
final common pathway
last and only road nueral impulses from umns travel to reach muscles
flaccid injuries
brainstem stroke, growing tumor, viral or bacterial infections, physical trauma, surgical accidents, mysathenia gravis, guillain-barre syndrome, polio, muscular dystrophy, progressive bulbar palsy
speech charateristics flaccid
resonance characteristcs flaccid
articulation characteristics flaccid
imprecise consonant production
phonation characteristics flaccid
Phonatory incompetence (incomplete adduction of VFs during phonation) giving hoarse-breathy voice
respiration characteristics flaccid
prosody characteristics flaccid
evaluation tasks
treatment flaccid
resonance treatment flaccid
Velar strength-training procedure; modification of speech; reduce rate
phonation treatment flaccid
Pushing and pulling procedures, hard glottal attack
prosody treatment flaccid
Pitch range exercises, intonation profiles, contrastive stress drills
respiratory treatment flaccid
Correct posture, prosthetics, speaking immediately on exhalation
spastic dysarthria
bilateral damage to umn tracts
pyramidal system spastic
damage = weak/slow skilled movements
extrapyramidal system spastic
damage = weakness, increased muscle tone (spasticity), and abnormal reflexes
injuries spastic dysarthria
speech characteristics spastic
-imprecise consonants, monopitch, monoloudness, reduced stress, harsh vocal quality
- Errors result bc of spasticity, slowness, weakness in vocal-tract muscles
articulation characteristics spastic
Imprecise consonant productions, vowel distortions
phonation characteristics spastic
Harsh vocal quality, Strained-strangled, Low pitch