...Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder resulting from neurological injury, characterised by poor articulation (cf. aphasia: a disorder of the content of speech). Any of the speech subsystems (respiration, phonation, resonance, prosody, articulation and movements of jaw and tongue) can be affected. Read full entry
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- The resulting speech condition is called dysarthria. ... available for people with dysarthria? What can I do to communicate better with a person with dysarthria? ...
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How does verbal apraxia differ Also, can an individual have
both disorders?
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Both Apraxia and Dysarthria are motor speech disorders. Dysarthia is more than slurred speech. It occurs when there is incoordination of the muscles used for speech production. Some of the characteristics include: "Slurred" speech Speaking softly or barely able to whisper Slow rate of speech Rapid rate of speech with a "mumbling" quality Limited tongue, lip, and jaw movement Abnormal intonation (rhythm) when speaking Changes in vocal quality ("nasal" speech or sounding "stuffy") Hoarseness Breathiness Drooling or poor control of saliva Chewing and swallowing difficulty Common causes of dysarthria include: Stroke Traumatic brain injury Brain tumor Degenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis Conditions that cause facial paralysis or weakness, such as Bell's palsy Another cause of dysarthria is excessive use of alcohol and certain medications, such as sedatives or narcotics. Apraxia is a general term. It can cause problems in parts of the body, such as arms and legs. Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder. It is caused by damage to the parts of the brain related to speaking. Other terms include apraxia of speech, acquired apraxia of speech, verbal apraxia, and dyspraxia. People with apraxia of speech have trouble sequencing the sounds in syllables and words. The severity depends on the nature of the brain damage. People with apraxia of speech know what words they want to say, but their brains have difficulty coordinating the muscle movements necessary to say those words. They may say something completely different, even made up words. For example, a person may try to say "kitchen," but it may come out "bipem" or even "chicken." The person may recognize the error and try again, sometimes getting it right, but sometimes saying something else entirely. This can become quite frustrating for the person. It may be hard to understand a person with apraxia of speech. Apraxia of speech can be mild or severe. People with apraxia may have difficulty imitating speech sounds difficulty imitating non-speech movements (oral apraxia), such as sticking out their tongue groping when trying to produce sounds in severe cases, an inability to produce sound at all inconsistent errors slow rate of speech somewhat preserved ability to produce "automatic speech" (rote speech), such as greetings like "How are you?" Apraxia can occur in conjunction with dysarthria or aphasia (language difficulties related to neurological damage). Both disorders are diagnosed by a Certified and/or Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist |
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I had a nightmare that I had I also in the same dream had
seen a man that looked like
and dressed like (identical)
to my deceased uncle.
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Are you a speech therapist? That is where your answer lies. How close were you/ are you to your uncle? |
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Please tell me how Dysarthria Please tell me how Dysarthria
can be treated which is speech
disorder.
Actually I've met an accident
on July 11,2007. I've this
from accident.Before it I was
normal
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I'm really sorry to hear that. How bad is your dysarthria? I can't give you specific medical advice I can probably talk generally. It's also more difficult not knowing the specifics of your case (dysarthria is a symptom not a disease and can have several causes). However if you want this precisely go to your doctor and they should be able to give you the advice you want. Dysarthria which is a specific problem with the actual motor part of speaking (as opposed to dysphasia which is to do with content and flow). Dysarthria can be caused by problems in a few different places causing the same end result. From what you've said it sounds likely your problem lies either somewhere in the brain or with one or more of your cranial nerves (especially 7,9,10 and 12th nerves). Any other symptoms? That might help give us a clue as to the probably cause (we need to figure out where the problem is to discover if it's what's called an 'upper motor neurone' or a 'lower motor neurone' problem). We would also want to find out whether the problem is affecting innervation on one side only or both. In the first months the problem may just be inflammation. compressing nerves a bit and full recovery can usually be expected in these cases..but yours has lasted substantially longer and so it doesn't look to be that. I think the idea of a total cure would be overoptimistic. From what I remember, you may be able to achieve some level of improvement over time especially if you actively practise and try to (in stroke rehabilitation for instance some people learn to talk all over again). This is because the brain can partially get round problems like this by re-innervating areas with different neurones (sort of like re-wiring itself to try and fix the problem). The degree to which improvement can occur is variable. Improvement will be most likely to occur in around a year following the accident all though may continue after that and you may be able to re-teach your brain to help with this. It's likely though that you will only be able to improve the condition not completely fix it. Anyway that's simply going from my memory of this area. It's been around 8 months or so since I looked at this area! |
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