The Speech Chain Model

The Speech Chain Model

The Speech Chain Model: The process of speech communication involves a series of actions connecting the speaker’s and the listener’s brains. This series of occurrences will be referred to as the speech chain. The different forms in which a spoken message...
Neurolinguistic Models of Language Processing

Neurolinguistic Models of Language Processing

Neurolinguistic Models of Language Processing: There are many schools of thought regarding the brain’s function with various aspects of information processing. These are the some different Neurolinguistic Models of Language Processing: Connectionist models...
Motor Speech Disorders: Definitions and Classification

Motor Speech Disorders: Definitions and Classification

Motor Speech Disorders: Definitions and Classification: Motor Speech Disorders can be defined as speech disorders resulting from neurologic impairments affecting the planning, programming, control or execution of speech. Types of Motor Speech Disorders There are two...
Flaccid Dysarthrias: Causes and Characteristics

Flaccid Dysarthrias: Causes and Characteristics

Flaccid Dysarthrias Causes and Characteristics: Flaccid Dysarthrias are a perceptually distinct group of Motor Speech Disorders (MSDs) caused by injury or disease of one or more cranial or spinal nerves. They reflect problem in the nuclei, axons or neuromuscular...