IMPORTANT POINTS....!!!!!!!!!!!! SPEECH PROBLEMS OFTEN CONFUSING........... DYSARTHRIA DYSPHASIA DYSPHONIA.. THESE TERMS R OFTEN CONFUSEABLE... 1...DYSARTHRIA...IT IS BASICALLY UNCORRDIANTION OF PROGRESSION OF SPEECH....DYSARTRIC PATIENT HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH CHOICE OF WORDS BUT THERE IS DEFECT IN DELIVERING OF SPEECH COZ OF UNCOORDINATION...THE LESION CAN B IN CEREBELLUM....TO REMEMBER IT SIMPLY IT IS THE ATAXIA OF SPEECH AS ATAXIA IS COZ OF LESION IN CEREBELLUM....SO IN DYSARTHRIA LESION IS IN CEREBELLEM... 2...DYSPAHASIA....IS IS INABILITY TO SPEAK WHOLE WORD....THE LESION IS IN BROCAS AREA...DAMAGE TO THIS AREA DOES NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM VOALIZING BUT IT DOES MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SPEAK WHOLE WORD RATHER THAN UN COORDIANTED...... 3...DYSPHONIA... DYSPHONIA IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE HOARSE OR WHISPERED SPEECH....THE LESION CAN B IN VOCAL CORD ....RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PARALYSIS.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REGARDS Dr Salahuddin..
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:31:53 +0000