Motor Learning Principles
Working on the whole act of speaking instead of isolated parts reflects this motor learning principle.
What is task specificity?
Rapid AMRs and short rushes of speech are examples of abnormalities in this speech subsystem.
What is rate control (prosody)?
The primary treatment target of LSVT LOUD is this acoustic-perceptual parameter.
What is loudness (vocal amplitude)?
This AAC strategy can be used with any message and is low cost
What is alphabet supplementation?
Pointing to nearby items during communication breakdowns is an example of this support.
What are gestures?
This practice schedule produces better immediate performance but poorer long-term retention compared to random practice.
What is blocked practice?
Patients often demonstrate reduced awareness of vocal loudness deficits due to this underlying issue.
What is a sensory processing deficit?
LSVT LOUD uses this principle to ensure motor learning patients perform high-effort repetitions in short, intensive sessions.
What is intensity and repetition?
One disadvantage of alphabet supplementation is slowing this.
What is speaking rate?
Scheduling exchanges when speech is best reflects management of this factor.
Scheduling exchanges when speech is best reflects management of this factor.
Presenting similar stimuli repeatedly in a row primarily improves this type of performance outcome rather than long-term learning.
What is short-term performance (acquisition)?
Speech symptoms may be the first or only sign of this progressive neurodegenerative disease.
What is Parkinson’s disease?
To maximize generalization outside the clinic, LSVT LOUD targets these two components of communication simultaneously.
What are loudness and articulation clarity?
This AAC strategy cues the subject of conversation.
What is topic supplementation?
Leaning forward to indicate a shift demonstrates this conversational skill.
What is signaling a topic change?
This principle explains why practicing speech in varied phonetic contexts promotes generalization beyond the clinic.
What is variability of practice?
This acoustic measure improved pre- to post-treatment in the 2022 Moyal-Gayle study of voice therapy in PD.
What is AVQI (Acoustic Voice Quality Index)?
This sensory strategy helps patients recognize how loud their voice is compared to what is “normal” for them.
What is self-calibration (perceptual feedback)?
Alphabet supplementation may disrupt this speech feature.
What is prosody
Facing the speaker and eliminating background noise are examples of these.
What are listener strategies?
Designing therapy that stimulates speech musculature beyond its typical threshold reflects this neurorehabilitation principle
What is overload?
This behavioral treatment is the gold standard for speech treatment in Parkinson’s disease.
What is LSVT LOUD?
Despite improvements in SPL and intelligibility during therapy, this remains the biggest challenge for patients after LSVT LOUD.
What is carryover into daily life?
This is often used alongside alphabet supplementation to repair breakdowns.
What is AAC support during communication breakdowns?
Preparing the listener and setting the topic are examples of these.
What are speaker strategies?