Assessment

Question 1

Purpose of an MSD Assessment

Answer 1

• Description
• Diagnostic Possibilities
• Diagnosis
• Localization and disease diagnosis
• Severity

Question 2

6 Features of neuromuscular activity that influence speech production

Answer 2

• Strength
• Speed
• Range
• Steadiness
• Tone
• Accuracy

Question 3

4 components of motor speech examination

Answer 3

• Speech structures and function
• Perceptual speech characteristics
• Intelligibility, comprehensibility, and efficiency
• functional communication, communication effectiveness, and psychosocial impact

Question 4

Method to assess: Speech structures and function

Answer 4

OME

Question 5

Method to assess: perceptual speech characteristics

Answer 5

DAB speech characteristics, formal assessments and speech tasks

Question 6

Speech tasks

Answer 6

• vowel prolongation
• AMRs or DDKs
• SMRs
• Contextual speech
• Stress testing
• Motor planning and/or programming processes

Question 7

Method to assess: intelligibility, comprehensibility, and efficiency

Answer 7

Intelligibility:
- Sentence Intelligibility test (SIT)
- Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment (FDA-2)
- A Word Intelligibility Test
- Munich Intelligibility Profile (MVP)

Question 8

Method to assess: functional communication, communication effectiveness, and psychosocial impact

Answer 8

Questionnaires such as:
- Communication Effectiveness Survey
- Dysarthria Impact Profile