Childhood dysarthria

Question 1

If a child exhibits slow articulatory movements, drooling, and phonemic distortions, then those are signs of

Answer 1

childhood dysarthria

Question 2

If a child exhibits decreased accuracy with repetitions with DDK, normal gag reflex, and no muscle tone disturbance, then those are signs of

Answer 2

Childhood apraxia of speech

Question 3

What is the classification of the six category site-of lesion for childhood dysarthria?

Answer 3

muscle, LMN, UMN, Extrapyramidal/indirect activation pathway, cerebellar, and multiple

Question 4

In a child, damage to the extrapyramidal/indirect activation pathway results in

Answer 4

dyskinetic dysarthria

Question 5

A phonological impairment is due to an issue with

Answer 5

linguistics; word retrieval; syntactic/grammatical ordering

Question 6

Dysarthria is due to an issue with __________. Apraxia is due to an issue with _________.

Answer 6

motor execution; motor planning and programming

Question 7

Childhood dysarthria can be ________

Answer 7

congenital or acquired

Question 8

The three courses of the neurologic condition associated with childhood dysarthria are

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non-progressive congenital conditions; postnatal conditions; degenerative conditions

Question 9

What characterizes the symptoms a child exhibits due to having a non progressive conidition like cereral palsy?

Answer 9

initial neurological damage does not change, but its impact grows as motor development continues, then it becomes stable in adulthood.

Question 10

What considerations should you make for a child with a non-progressive condition like CP?

Answer 10

Demand for more complex speech with cognitive and linguistic development; the expansion of their sphere of communication

Question 11

What characterizes the symptoms a child exhibits due to having a post natal condition like TBI, tumor, stroke, and infection?

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sudden onset of neurological damage followed by a recovery period, then there is stabilization. Despite stabilization, the neurological damage impacts the development of later motor skills.

Question 12

What are the primary characteristics of childhood dysarthria?

Answer 12

decrease in articulatory accuracy, overall speech quality, intelligibility, and speaking rate

Question 13

What are the secondary conditions of childhood dysarthria?

Answer 13

impairments in language development, personal social development skills, and literacy

Question 14

Childhood dysarthria is associated with

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huge drops in frequency of vocalizations and speech

Question 15

What characterizes the symptoms a child exhibits due to having a degenerative conidition like cerebellar ataxia, muscular dystrophy, metabolic disease, and dystonia,

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period of normal development before an onset of progressive breakdown of neuromotor pathways.

Question 16

What considerations should you make for a child with a degenerative condition?

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if there’s no medical treatment available, plan treatment to meet communication needs while acknowledging that communication skills will decline

Question 17

What are congenital conditions?

Answer 17

condition a baby gets before or at birth, such as CP, Duchenne’s disease, dysmorphogenesis, Moebius syndrome, and Huntington’s disease

Question 18

What are post-natal/acquired conditions?

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conditions a child experiences as a result of a TBI, infections, tumors, strokes, or infectious disease; prior to the condition, the child developed typically

Question 19

What role do SLPs play in the management of a child with dysarthria?

Answer 19

counsel, educate, and suppor the family; stress to families they are involved in decision making, infuse therapy into natural environments.