Etiologies
Hypokinetic dysarthria is the only dysarthria where the majority of cases share the same causative factor: T or F.
True (Parkinsonism)
What kind of tremor is seen in patients with parkinsonism?
Rest tremor
Hypernasality is always a severe problem for patients with hypokinetic dysarthria: T or F.
False
Which standardized assessment measure is administered to patients suspected of having hypokinetic dysarthria?
The Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment 2nd Edition
Which treatment option involves implantation of one or more electrodes in specific brain region?
Deep brain stimulation
What is the most common cause of hypokinetic dysarthria?
Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease
What is the term for a lack of movement or a delay in the initiation of movements?
Akinesia
What is the most common speech characteristic associated with hypokinetic dysarthria?
Monopitch
What assessment measure evaluates facial, oral, velopharyngeal, and laryngeal function and symmetry?
Cranial nerve exam
Which treatment option has hallucinations, delusions, and decreased social inhibitions as side effects?
Pharmacologic/L-DOPA
Which type of parkinsonism is the most common movement disorder that is caused by drugs that affect dopamine receptors?
Neuroleptic-Induced parkinsonism
What is bradykinesia?
Slow and reduced range of motion
Voice quality of individuals with hypokinetic dysarthria can be characterized as either…
breathy/harsh
What evaluation task specifically can be helpful in assessing voice quality?
Vowel prolongations
Pacing boards, hand/finger tapping, alphabet boards, delayed auditory feedback, and reciting syllables to a metronome are all ways to improve articulation in patients by means of reducing what specifically?
Rate of speech
Which type of parkinsonism might Muhammad Ali have had and why?
TBI parkinsonism- repeated head trauma (boxing)
Pill rolling tremors are commonly seen in patients with PD: T or F.
True
Repeated phonemes is commonly seen in patients with hypokinetic dysarthria: T or F.
True
Speech characteristics such as monopitch, reduced stress, monoloudness, and inappropriate silences can all be evoked from what evaluation tasks?
Conversational speech and reading samples
Which treatment option includes lesions being purposefully produced in small areas of the brain to reduce neuron activity in a specific area?
Ablative surgery
Which type of parkinsonism is caused by inflammation of the brain tissue where infection is concentrated in the substantia nigra?
Postencephalitic parkinsonism
Difficulty arising from a chair would be an example of what?
Postural instability
Patients with hypokinetic dysarthria do not have short rushes of speech: T or F.
False
What kinds of errors seen in hypokinetic dysarthria can speech alternate motion rates (AMRs) highlight?
Imprecise consonants, variable rates of articulation, and blurring of syllables
Name some treatments used to improve deficits in phonation.
Voice amplifiers, Lee Silverman Voice Treatment, Instrumental biofeedback, Pushing/pulling procedures, Hard glottal attack