Lecture 1

Question 1

Aphasia breakdown

Answer 1

Cognitive linguistic processes

Question 2

Apraxia of speech breakdown

Answer 2

Motor speech planning, programming and control

Question 3

Dysarthria breakdown

Answer 3

Neuromuscular execution

Question 4

Why is differential diagnosis important?

Answer 4

Can contribute to a medical diagnosis if speech symptoms are first to appear

Question 5

Non progressive diseases

Answer 5

Stroke, TBI

Question 6

Progressive diseases

Answer 6

Motor neuron disease, Parkinson’s, huntingtons, MS

Progression may be gradual over many years or decades

Question 7

SLT role in progressive diseases

Answer 7

• speech/swallowing changes may be amongst the first symptoms of neurological disease
• may play an important role in aiding diagnosis
• Input varies depending on; stage of disease progression, wishes and needs of individuals,

Question 8

What is dysarthria

Answer 8

• Collective name for group of neurologic speech disorders
• reflects abnormalities in the strength, speech, range, steadiness, tone or accuracy of movements

Question 9

How common is dysarthria

Answer 9

• occurs in 25% of people who have experienced small strokes
• 90% of Parkinson’s disease
• 50% of people with MS
• 33% of people with TBI
• one of the first symptoms in MND and very often emerges as the disease progresses

Question 10

Subsystems of speech

Answer 10

• prosody, articulation, resonance, phonation, breathing/respiration

Question 11

Subtypes of dysarthria

Answer 11

• flaccid, ataxic, spastic, hypokinetic, hyperkinetic, mixed, unilateral upper motor neuron (UUMN)

Question 12

Subtypes of dysarthria

Answer 12

• flaccid, ataxic, spastic, hypokinetic, hyperkinetic, mixed, unilateral upper motor neuron (UUMN)