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Spastic Dysarthria
Motor Speech Midterm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |