Spastic Dysarthria

Question 1

What causes Spastic Dysarthria?

Answer 1

Bilateral Upper Motor Neuron Impairment

Question 2

What is the main sign of spastic dysarthria?

Answer 2

Increased tone

Question 3

What does increased tone mean

Answer 3

Increased resistance in the muscle

Question 4

What are the neuromuscular characteristics of spastic dysarthria?

Answer 4

spasticity, weakness and exaggerated reflexes

Question 5

What are the characteristic clusters of spastic dysarthria?

Answer 5

prosodic excess, prosodic insufficiency, articulatory-resonator incompetence and phonatory stenosis.

Question 6

What are some of the deviation speech dimensions of spastic dysarthria?

Answer 6

Imprecise consonants, monopitch, slow rate, harsh voice, strained voice