Characteristics of Apraxia of Speech Flashcards
(3 cards)
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Characteristics of Apraxia of Speech
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Effortful speech
Aware of speech errors (attentive)
Self-repairs
Struggle and frustration
Limited prosody (no flow, melody, rhythm)
Slowed rate
Inconsistent errors
Visible/auditory groping the tongue, lips, and mandible
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Inconsistent errors
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Island of intact speech: speech flows without errors
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Visible/auditory groping the tongue, lips, and mandible
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Resonance (how we control how sound vibrates), respiration coordination and phonation left relatively intact (respiratory, phonatory articulatory functions)
