BASLP 4th Semester Notes  » Paper 1: Motor Speech Disorders in Children

Unit 1: Neuro Developmental Processes in Speech Production and Motor Speech Disorders

• Review of neuro-anatomy (cerebral cortex, sub-cortical structures, brainstem, cerebellum, spinal cord & cranial nerves, pyramidal and extra-pyramidal systems)
• Sensory-motor integration (spatial temporal planning, motor planning and feedback)
• Anatomic development of speech production systems
• Development of neural pathways of speech motor control (brain maturation, reflexes, sensory and motor)
• Dysarthria in children – cerebral palsy – disorders of tone (spastic, flaccid): definition, etiology, characteristics and associated problems
• Dysarthria in children – cerebral palsy – disorders of movement (hyperkinetic, hypokinetic) and disorder of balance (ataxia): definition, etiology, characteristics and associated problems
• Dysarthria in children – lower motor neuron and other syndromes with motor speech disorders
• Childhood apraxia of speech and nonverbal oral apraxia: definition, characteristics and classification