WorksheetsMotor Speech Disorders
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
