Flaccid Dysarthria Flashcards
1
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What are the neuromuscular characteristics of flaccid dysarthria?
A
Weakness, hypotonia, atrophy and hypoactive reflexes.
2
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What are the characteristic clusters of flaccid dysarthria?
A
Phonatory incompetence, resonatory incompetence and phonatory-prosodic insufficiency
3
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What are the deviation speech dimensions of flaccid dysarthria?
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Hypernasality, imprecise consonants, breathy voice (continuous), monopitch
4
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What does flaccid mean?
A
Lack of force and weak
5
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What is flaccid dysarthria caused by?
A
LMN damage
6
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What are the two things that can happen with the muscles for flaccid dysarthria?
A
atrophy and weak resting tone
7
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What speech subsystems does flaccid dysarthria affect?
A
Respiration, phonation and vocal fold movement
