dysarthria vs apraxia

Question 1

Apraxia occurs when there is damage to the _________ portion of the brain, dysarthria is ___ , _____, _____ , _____

Answer 1

apraxia = supratentorial
dysarthria = supratentorial, postierier fossia, spinal or peripheral

Question 2

Apraxia occurs when there are leisons to the ____ system

Answer 2

Carotid

Question 3

T/F: Ataxic dysarthria is the most difficult to differenciate from apraxia

Answer 3

False: UUMN is!

Question 4

AOS: which subsystems are affected?

Answer 4

artic and prosody

Question 5

AOS is most associated with what?

Answer 5

Aphasia

Question 6

They used to think that artic errors were _____

Answer 6

Substitutions.. Now they know they are also distortions (like dysarthria)

Question 7

What do apraxic speakers do… that dysarthric speakers do not?

Answer 7

Grope!

Question 8

difference between dysarthria and AOS: Rate

Answer 8

Dys: breakdowns with increased rate–slow rate
AOS: Improvement at faster rate *disturbances of prosody:slow labored speech during voluntary attempts

Question 9

Repeated utterances

Answer 9

Dys: Same performance
AOS: Person makes repeated attempts and may acheive orrect performance. Person appears to grope for corrrect production