Dysarthria

Parkinson’s Disease Briana Rogers Denver School of Nursing Abstract This paper will discuss Parkinson’s Disease (PD). The pathophysiology, assessment findings, and treatments/diagnoses will be explored. PD is a chronic disease that affects the way your body moves, causing uncontrollable movements. The pathophysiology of PD is idiopathic (having no known cause), but symptoms are known to indicate the disease. We know what happens when PD invades the brain, but we don’t know why. PD is caused…

Childhood Apraxia of Speech Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that involves difficulty of the brain in planning the oral movements needed to produce speech sounds. It is not a muscle weakness; the brain has problems coordinating and sequencing muscle movements to produce the sounds or words that the child is attempting to say (Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Overview, 2015). The core problem includes both input processing, as well as production. The prevalence of CAS…

people with Parkinson’s disease. For individuals with Parkinson’s disease it is common for the disease to manifest in difficulties in producing normal speech. Most frequently, these patients are diagnosed with a speech disorder known as hypokinetic dysarthria, which is characterized by decreased vocal loudness, monotone speech, and limited…

Physical Therapist Interventions for a Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Jonathan De Castro Concorde Career College Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it is an analysis that no patients want to obtain. ALS is a gradual neurodegenerative disorder that results in damage of brain stem and spinal motor neurons and gives growth to painless weakness and muscle atrophy with few or no sensory symptoms. “Amyotrophic” stands for muscle atrophy, and “lateral…

6. Read the integrative case study on page 332 in your textbook titled “Mr. Williams.” – Answer the following questions.- Chapter 10 • A. Why might Mr. Williams be having difficulty hearing his wife’s voice? Provide specific reasons and examples. (8) • Mr. Williams might have difficulty hearing his wife’s voice because he has a hearing loss most likely affecting his cochlea. Mr. Williams most like has presbycusis which is hearing loss from old age since he is 69 years old. Also, since he…

Anna Maria Terezi Dr. Hancock SPHR 2104W November 11, 2014 Traumatic Brain Injury Explanation: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is an impairment that occurs when there is “a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain” (CDC - Traumatic Brain Injury - Injury Center). There are two major types of TBI, penetrating injuries and closed head injuries (Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)). Penetrating injuries are caused by physical objects…

Neuropsychological Disorder Impairments Neuropsychological disorders are defined as cerebral dysfunctions that are physical and are usually manifested by alterations of judgment, cognition, memory, psychophysiology, perception, behavior, and or mood. These kind of disorders are usually accompanied by persistent motor function disorganization through exhibition of tremors or other involuntary movements, paralysis, sensory disturbances and ataxia. The behaviors may occur singly or in combinations…

acid, which cause goat; but they doctors did not find any. They continued to assess his symptoms and realized that he had a disorder known as choreoathetosis (“abnormal movements of body of combines choreic and athetiod pattern”); the boy also had dysarthria (“imperfect articulation of speech due to disturbances of muscular control resulting from central or peripheral nervous system…

and his only daughter lives nearby. He is a 67 year old male, white British with a history of hypertension, was diagnosed with Left Parietal ICH (Intracerebral haemorrhage) after reporting on A&E sudden onset RSW (right side weak) slurred speech (Dysarthria) and confusion. The patient was met in a stroke rehabilitation ward after being in the care of specialists from the acute stroke unit. The author met John while in a hospital setting placement and his improvement was noticeable and it was…

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, described as progressive cerebellar ataxia, a disorder that occurs when the cerebellum becomes inflamed or damaged, dysarthria (a disorder of articulation, such as stuttering or stammering), and eventual deterioration of bulbar functions (estimates of speech intelligibility and speaking rate). Ataxia, meaning in coordination. When the disease first starts showing up, individuals may experience: “slurred speech, difficulty with balance, and hypermetric saccades”…