1
Q
UUMN Dysarthria primarily affects which subsystem?
A
articulation
2
Q
UUMN Dysarthria problems are due mainly to
A
weakness of the face and tongue and may have spasticity and incoordination
3
Q
Patient Complaints
A
- Patient is usually aware of a problem
- Thick tongue or thick. slurred speech
- Speech deteriorates with fatigue
- Words don’t come out right
- Drooling or mild dysphagia
- Occasionally some inappropriate crying and laughing
4
Q
Non Speech Clinical Findings
A
Often have hemiplegia or hemiparesis and sensory deficits
5
Q
Oral Mechanism Findings
A
- Unilateral lower facial weakness both at rest and movement
- Unilateral tongue weaness
- Normal jaw strength or some contralateral jaw weakness
- Unilateral palatal weakness
- May have dysphagia
6
Q
Speech Clinical Findings
A
- Imprecise consonants
- Slow rate
- Irregular AMRs
- Slow AMRs
- Hoarseness/Harshness
- Reduced loudness
- Intelligibility mildly affected
7
Q
Etiologies
A
Degenerative, inflammatory, and toxic-metabolic diseases, strokes
8
Q
CVA Etiologies
A
- Left Carotid/ left middle cerebral artery blockages
- Right Carotid/ right middle cerebral artery blockages
- Unilateral strokes
- Lacunar infarcts
