BASLP 6th Semester Notes  » Paper 1: Motor Speech Disorders in Adults

Unit 1: Causes & Characteristics of Dysarthria

• Definition, etiology and classification of acquired dysarthria
• General, speech and feeding related characteristics of acquired dysarthria with and without genetic underpinnings
• Vascular lesions: dysarthria following stroke/CVA, cranial and peripheral nerve palsies
• Infectious condition of the nervous system: dysarthria following meningitis, encephalitis, polyneuritis, poliomyelitis, neurosyphilis.
• Traumatic lesions: Dysarthria following TBI
• Toxic conditions of the nervous system: Dysarthria following exogenic and endogenic toxic conditions of the nervous system.
• Anoxia of the nervous system: Dysarthria following anoxic conditions
• Metabolic disorders affecting nervous system: Dysarthria following metabolic conditions that affect the nervous system, Wilson’s disease etc.
• Idiopathic causes: Dysarthria following idiopathic causes
• Neoplastic lesions of nervous system: Dysarthria following neoplastic lesions in the nervous system
• Demyelinating and degenerative conditions: Huntington’s Chorea, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neuron Diseases