SPE 691 Flaccid Dysarthria Exam With Complete Solutions 100% Verified!!

SPE 691 Flaccid Dysarthria Exam With Complete Solutions
100% Verified!!



localization of flaccid dysarthria - ANSWER>>an impairment of lower motor neurons
(final common pathway) in cranial nerves or spinal nerves

-able to isolate the lesion to one or a combination of cranial nerves/spinal nerves



Hallmark deficits of flaccid dysarthria - ANSWER>>-hypotonia (reduced tone) or
weakness of speech or respiratory musculature

-reduced reflexes



Clinical characteristics of flaccid dysarthria - ANSWER>>-can affect reflexive,
automatic, and voluntary activities

-damage in nuclei, axons, or neuromuscular junctions of LMN

-can impact all subsystems of speech

-loss of tone

-paralysis/paresis

-reduced reflexes

-atrophy

-fasciculations (wave like tremor)

-fatigue



resonance in flaccid dysarthria - ANSWER>>hypernasality/nasal emission

-weak pressure consonants

-shortened phrases (most common)

, articulation in flaccid dysarthria - ANSWER>>-imprecise consonants

-slow rate (second most common)



Phonation in flaccid dysarthria - ANSWER>>-phonatory incompetence

-breathy

-hoarseness



Prosody of Flaccid Dysarthria - ANSWER>>monoloudness and monopitch



Etiologies of Flaccid Dysarthria - ANSWER>>-trauma due to injury or surgery

-degenerative disease (progressive bulbar palsy/ALS)

-muscle disease (muscular dystrophy)

-neuromuscular junction disease (myasthenia gravis)

-tumor

-vascular (brainstem CVA)

-anatomic malformation

-demyelinating disease (guillian-barre)

-infection

-spinal nerve disease

-others include radiation, drug toxicity, idiopathic cranial mononeuropathies



Myasthenia gravis - ANSWER>>-affects neuromuscular junction caused by
block/damaged muscle tissue



Symptoms of Mysathenia Gravis - ANSWER>>-rapid muscle fatigue with recovery after
rest

-hypernasality