Therapy for Apraxia of Speech

Question 1

Three therapy treatment approaches

Answer 1

Articulatory kinematic therapy

Intersystemic reorganization

Alternative/augmentative communication strategies

Question 2

Guenther model (articulatory-kinematic approach)

Answer 2

Lost motor abilities can be retrieved or rebuilt by cueing the brain to produce or access the motor plans despite brain damage

Question 3

Articulatory-Kinematic Approaches

Answer 3

Relies on motor learning theory and neuroplasticity to reestablish motor planning abilities for speech

Question 4

Three components of Articulatory-Kinematic Approaches

Answer 4

Motor practice: intensive and repetitive production of target production of phonemes

Modeling repetition: models the production of the target phoneme

Articulatory cueing: Phonetic placement descriptions to increase understanding of the target word

Question 5

Phonemes for Reconstructing Oral Muscular Phoneme Targets

Answer 5

Prompts tactile kinesthetic, visual, and auditory cues to elicit production of target phoneme

Question 6

Melodic Intonation Therapy

Answer 6

Capitalizes on a patient’s intact ability to produce meding in spite of loss of speech