Communication Sciences and Disorders 4411A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Dysarthria, Apraxia, Language Testing

• School: Western University
• Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Course: Communication Sciences and Disorders 4411A/B
• Professor: Ivan Culum

Document Summary

Neurogenic communication disorders review: acquired/motor speech disorders, dysarthria (5 pure types + 1 mixed), apraxia, acquired language disorders, aphasia (2 types, cognitive-communication disorders, dementia (several types) Motor speech disorder assessment: purposes of evaluation, determine if there is functional problem, describe impairment. Tongue force transducer > person pushes tongue against a transducer, measures range of movement and strength of tongue: areas of evaluation. Individual speech sounds, single words, reading aloud, conversation: classify speech and non-speech oral motor movements range, strength/force, speed/rate, steadiness/rhythm, accuracy. Identify distinctive speech features of dysarthria subtypes or apraxia. Focus on direction, rhythm, rate, range, force, and tone. Motor speech disorder intervention: dysarthria, focus on improvement of speech clarity and speech naturalness, type of intervention, course, and prognosis vary with dysarthria type. Intervention may include: direct activities directly working with client to improve their speech. Talking with client but not providing direct therapy to improve their speech: examples, rate reduction therapy.