Dysarthria
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Dysarthria pertains to a category of neurogenic speech disorders distinguished by anomaly in the strength, speed, availability, stableness, tone, or accuracy of movements necessary for breathing, phonatory, resonatory, articulatory, or prosodic features of speech creation[1].
These anomalies are the result of one or several sensorimotor issues, including weakness or paralysis, incoordination, involuntary movements, or immoderate, declined, or inconstant muscle tone[1]. Dysarthria can negatively impact the comprehensibility of speech, realism of speech, or both. It is necessary to be aware that intelligence can be normal in some speakers with dysarthria. Dysarthria might co-exist with other neurogenic language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders[2].
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Duffy J, Duffy J. The disorders and their diagnoses: hypokinetic dysarthria. Motor speech disorders: substrates, differential diagnosis, and management. 3th ed. Saint Louis: Elsevier. 2013:165-90.
- ↑ American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dysarthria in Adults. Available from: https://www.asha.org/PRPSpecificTopic.aspx?folderid=8589943481§ion=Overview [accessed 26 October 2020].
