Motor Speech Disorders

What is the MOST distinctive underlying symptom of the flaccid type of dysarthria?

• Rigidity

• Weakness

• Hypertonia

• Incoordination

To where is the hyperkinetic type of dysarthria caused by neurological damage localized?

• The basal ganglia control circuit

• The cerebellar control circuit

• The lower motor neurons

• The upper motor neurons

Which of these is a motor speech disorder that causes difficulty in the brain's programming and planning of motor movements?

• Ataxia

• Apraxia

• Anoxia

• Hypoxia

For a patient with ALS, which speech characteristic represents the MOST severe level on the ALS Severity Scale?

• The patient vocalizes to express emotions

• The patient speaks in one-word utterances

• The patient can neither speak nor vocalize

• The patient must undergo a tracheostomy

Apraxia of speech involves damage to which function of the brain?

• Motor speech coordination of movements

• Motor speech control of muscle movement

• Motor speech programming of movements

• Motor speech movements of muscle strength

When a patient has apraxia of speech, where is the neurological damage causing it localized to?

• Basal ganglia control circuit

• Cerebellar control circuit

• Right hemisphere

• Left hemisphere

The neurological damage is localized to the cerebellar control circuit in which type of dysarthria?

• Flaccid

• Spastic

• Ataxic

• Hypokinetic

When a patient who has dysarthria secondary to ALS still can speak intelligibly but often must repeat utterances to be understood, which of the following is NOT a recommended management technique?

• Having the patient maintain a slow rate of speech

• Having the patient engage in exercise regularly

• Having the patient exaggerate all articulations

• Having the patient use speech amplification

Which of the following is/are classified under motor speech disorders?

• Dysarthrias

• A and D

• Aphasia

• Apraxia

Which of the following motor speech disorders is/are more localized in origin?

• Apraxia

• Dysarthrias

• Both are equal in localization

• Their localization is not known