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Spastic Dysarthria
Motor Speech Midterm
Term | Definition |
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Damage to | bilateral UMN |
Characteristics | Weakness and excessive muscle tone |
Vocal quality | Strained/effortful, slow, regular AMRs, monopitch & monoloud |
Major qualities | Reduce ROM, slow, hyperactive reflexes, emotional lability, spasticity in legs/arms |
Most common cause | Vascular disorders |
For Spastic to occur, damage must be to _________ hemisphere | BOTH |
Where can lesion occur to always cause spastic? | Brainstem |
Degenerative diseases | Primary Lateral sclerosis |
Nature of spastic | Diffuse |
Nonspeech oral mech | Weak face bilaterally (symmetrical), weakness in tongue, ROM decreased, gag hyperactive |