Exam 1 Part 6

Question 1

What types of speech errors do people with dysarthria make?

Answer 1

Consistent and predictable

Question 2

Most common type of speech error in apraxia

Answer 2

Substitution

Question 3

Most common type of speech error in dysarthria

Answer 3

Distortion

Question 4

True or false: there are fewer errors in spontaneous speech than repetitions in apraxia

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Are consonants or vowel errors more common in apraxia?

Answer 5

Vowels

Question 6

Are consonant or vowel errors more common in dysarthria?

Answer 6

Consonant

Question 7

In dysarthria, what would happen to intelligibility if speech rate is increased?

Answer 7

Decrease

Question 8

_____ is mainly a disorder of articulation; prosodic problems may occur

Answer 8

Apraxia

Question 9

During speech examination, we go from ____ linguistic complexity to _____ linguistic complexity

Answer 9

Least, most

Question 10

True or false: there is change in muscle tone in apraxia

Answer 10

False; dysarthria

Question 11

What are some non-speech examinations we do to see if someone may have dysarthria or apraxia?

Answer 11

Oral motor exam, observe coordination of movement, sustained vowel prolongation, diadochokinetic tasks

Question 12

How would someone assess the function of CN IX and X?

Answer 12

Check gag reflex

Question 13

Part of the brain that coordinates muscle movement

Answer 13

Cerebellum

Question 14

Does the cerebellum control ipsilateral or contralateral information?

Answer 14

Ipsilateral

Question 15

Cerebellar lobe important for equilibrium

Answer 15

Flocculondular