Management of the Dysarthrias

Question 1

Step 1

Answer 1

endure the affected individual has form of functional communication before targeting improvement of speech production

Question 2

Compensatory strategies:

Answer 2

reduce the impact of the dysarthria on speech or communication while not seeking to rescue severity of underlying neuromotor deficits

Question 3

Speech compensatory strategies

Answer 3

Lee silverman voice treatment (LVST)

Inappropriate breath support

Hyper nasality

Speech intelligibility

Phonatory difficulties

Support respiration and phonation

Increase loudness or voice

Hyper nasality (in flaccid dysarthria)

Question 4

Restorative strategies

Answer 4

reduce the severity of dysarthria by restoring lost motor abilities