A motor disorder in which there is no apparent muscle weakness or paralysis.
What is Apraxia?
100
Mr. J is an 87 year old patient that has been referred to you for an evaluation. When reading his medical charts it states that Mr. J presents with breathy vocal quality due to incomplete vocal fold adduction as well as a hypernasal vocal quality.
What is flaccid dysarthria
100
p-p-p-patty is an example of this type of dysfluency
What is part word repitition
100
Benign (noncancerous) growths on both vocal cords that are caused by vocal abuse.
What is Vocal cord nodules
200
The cranial nerves involved in speech
What is V, VII, IX, X, XI, XII
200
While conducting an evalutation the following characteristics were noted: Slow, effortful speech with harsh vocal quality. Increased tone, with weakness.
What is spastic dysarthria
200
come come come to my house is an example of this type of dysfluency
What is whole word repitition
200
Appear on either one or both of the vocal cords. They appear as a swelling or bump, a stalk-like growth, or a blister-like lesion.
What is a polyp
300
The speech characteristics that all dysarthrias share.
What is Imprecise consonants
300
While reading Susie's medical chart one note sticks out at you to keep in mind during your evalutation. Her site of lesion is on the contra-lateral side of the the obvious side of weakness. You also notice that along with her hoarsness, that her tongue deviates toward her left side (her weak side).
What is Unilateral Upper Motor Neuron dysarthria
300
sssssssssssssnakes are slippery is an example of this type of dysfluency
What is sound prolongation
300
both vocal cords becoming stuck halfway between open and closed.
What is bilateral vocal cord paralysis
400
Voice disorders with physical change, but do not have a known cause
What are functional voice disorders
400
While interviewing Joe for your case history, you can't help but notice his mask like facial features. When you ask him to come with you into your therapy room, he seems to be stuck when he wants to get up, until you put your hand on his shoulder and ask if he needs help. While he uses shuffling babysteps to get to your office, you ask him if he had trouble finding the building. While he is answering you, you notice that he has inappropriate pauses in between words.
What is hypokinetic
400
Steve is giving a speech and can feel that he is going to stutter on the word some, so he changes it to a few. This is an example of
What is escape/avoidance
400
Chronic (long-term) voice disorder. Movement of the vocal cords is forced and strained resulting in a jerky, quivery, hoarse, tight, or groaning voice. Vocal interruptions or spasms, periods of no sound.
What is spasmodic dysphonia
500
Voice disorders that do have a known cause
What are organic voice disorders
500
A combination of two or more of the pure dysarthria types.
What is Mixed dysarthria
500
One beneficial technique used to relax vocal folds during the initiation of speech.
What is easy onset
500
A small ulceration that develops on the medial surface of the vocal processes of the arytenoid cartilages. Will be visible as a buildup of pink or pinkish-white tissue on one of the vocal processes of the arytenoids.