MSD Hypokinetic dysarthria Acoustic and physiological findings

Abnormal Fundamental frequency (f0) is a prominent feature of Hypokinetic variety

• Yes

• May be

• No

Reasons for reduced MPT in HD is

• Poor respiratory dynamics

• Bowed vocal cords

• Nasality

• Respiratory and phonatory inufficiency

Which of the foolowing statements is true for the term 'flutter' (a)  

• Low frequency tremor
• High amplitude tremor
• Low Amplitude Tremor
• None of the above

Indicate the correctness in the statement with respect to PD

• Hypernasality is perceptually prominent

• Hypernasality is instrumentally prominent

• Hypernaslity is perceptually not prominent

• Hypernasality is instrumentally not prominent

An increased turbulence of air between the vocal folds in PD patients leads to

• Increased Jitter

• Decreased jitter

• Decreased Shimmer

• Increased shimmer

"Spirantization' means

• Increased noise during stop gap

• increased aspirations during stop gap

The following statements are true wrt to PD patients

• poor jaw stability

• reduced tongue endurance and strength

• poor maintenance of temporal reciprocity between Jaw depressors and Elevators

• Reduced tongue dorsum movement

Speaking rate in PD patients will be

• Fast

• Slow

• Variable rate

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Tremors are not observed for lips and Jaw for PD patients while speaking and during sustained non-speech postures

• Yes

• Somewhat

• No

• I don't know the answer