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Dysarthria

Dysarthria. Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder. Dysarthria affects the movement of the individual speech muscles. It can vary from mild slurring to completely unintelligible speech. Dysarthria. Dysarthria can affect : Lip movements Tongue movements Jaw movements Soft palate movement

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Dysarthria

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  1. Dysarthria • Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder. • Dysarthria affects the movement of the individual speech muscles. • It can vary from mild slurring to completely unintelligible speech

  2. Dysarthria Dysarthria can affect: • Lip movements • Tongue movements • Jaw movements • Soft palate movement • Muscles of respiration • Muscles of voice production

  3. Dysarthria v’s Dysphasia • Dysarthria is not a language problem. This means there is no difficulty finding the words to say or word choice errors. • Dysarthria purely affects how the words are uttered. E.g. how clear the sounds are articulated • Some people have both dysarthria and dysphasia as a result of a stroke.

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