Motor Speech
What are the two main types of MSD?
Apraxia of Speech
Dysarthria
Abnormal resistance to muscle lengthening
Spasticity
Audible inspiration, hypernasality, nasal emissions, breathiness
Flaccid
What does AAC stand for?
Augmentative, alternative communication
What are the two types of selection methods for AAC users? Give 1 example of each
Direct Selection
Scanning
What are the two types of Apraxia?
Childhood Apraxia
Acquired Apraxia
Muscle wasting - either hyper or hypofunction
Atrophy
Imprecise articulation, slow rate, harsh vocal quality
Spastic
What are the 2 types of AAC options
No Tech, or Tech (can be low tech or high tech)
What technique is used to reduced the number of selections an AAC user has to make?
Encoding
What diagnosis if most commonly associated with Dysarthria?
Cerebral Palsy
Involuntary movements characterized by writhing and twisting motion.
Athetoid
Phoneme and syllable prolongation, slow rate, abnormal prosody
Ataxic
Symbols Requiring use of one’s own body for communication
Unaided Symbols
Strategies to provost receptive language skills in AAC users
Augmented Input strategies
What type of errors and characteristics are a key determiner for Apraxia of Speech?
Inconsistent errors, groping
Disturbance in movement coordination
Ataxic
Monoloudness, monopitch, monotone, reduced intensity
Hypokinetic
Symbols requiring external aid for production
Aided symbols
What is an SGD?
Speech generating device
What are the 5 areas of speech production that are affected in dysarthria?
Respiration
Articulation
Resonance
Phonation
Prosody
Rhythmic involuntary movements
Imprecise articulation, prolonged pauses, variable rate, impaired prosody
Hyperkinetic
3 types of iconicity
Transparent, Translucent, Opaque
What 4 competences create the framework for communicative competence
Linguistic, Operational, Social, Strategic competencies