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Dysarthria
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TL;DR: In this paper , a 26-year-old woman presented with dizziness for 4 weeks, accompanied by vertigo and imbalance for 10 days. Physical examination revealed dysarthria, nystagmus, tremor, and severe ataxia.
Abstract: A 26-year-old woman presented with dizziness for 4 weeks, accompanied by vertigo and imbalance for 10 days. Physical examination revealed dysarthria, nystagmus, tremor, and severe ataxia. Infectious and malignant etiologies were excluded. High-titer anti-Homer-3 antibodies were detected in CSF and serum. Neuroimaging showed prominent cerebellar swelling with enhancement (Figure). She got limited improvement despite aggressive immunosuppression. MRI at 2-month follow-up showed cerebellar atrophy, suggesting unfavorable prognosis.
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TL;DR: The underlying cause of ischemic Dysarthria was a brainstem lesion in only 28.3% of patients, and the lesion localisation explains the frequent association of dysarthria with pyramidal tract signs and ataxia which is due to a lesion of the cerebro-ponto-cerebellar tract fibres.
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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: Dysarthria • General diagnostic term for a group of speech disorders resulting from disturbances in the central and peripheral nervous systems that control the muscles of speech production
Abstract: Dysarthria • General diagnostic term for a group of speech disorders resulting from disturbances in the central (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral (cranial and spinal nerves) nervous systems that control the muscles of speech production
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TL;DR: Treatment efficacy was proven without the use of Botulinum toxin in a case of 30 years old male diagnosed as Hyperkinetic Dysarthria who was treated with speech therapy and without Botoxinum toxin.
Abstract: Introduction
Spasmodic Torticollis is a condition in which tonic or clonic spasm in the Sternocleidomastoid and Trapezius muscles, cause the head to be deviated to the right or left and has also been reported to disrupt speech production. Spasmodic Torticollis is a part of unknown etiology of Hyperkinetic Dysarthria.
Case Report
We report a case of 30 years old male diagnosed as Hyperkinetic Dysarthria who was treated with speech therapy and without Botulinum toxin. Post therapy status was recorded after 12 sessions (frequency twice a week) and it shows improvement in speech characteristics.
Discussion
Management of the patients with Hyperkinetic Dysarthria with Spasmodic Torticollis is a long term and often a lifelong process. Speech therapy is offered at intervals in order to maintain communicative competence. Reported studies suggest the use of Botulinum toxin, but in the present study treatment efficacy was proven without the use of Botulinum toxin.
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TL;DR: The history of the attempt to provide an evidence base for dysarthria intervention is reviewed, some recent efforts are described, and some directions for the future are proposed.
Abstract: Dysarthria represents a group of motor speech disorders (MSDs) characterized by weakness, slowness, and/or lack of coordination of the speech musculature as a result of damage to the nervous system. This article reviews the history of our attempt to provide an evidence base for dysarthria intervention, to describe some recent efforts, and to propose some directions for the future. From 2001 to 2007, the Dysarthria Writing Committee published a series of 7 systematic reviews evaluating 333 articles focusing on specific components of speech production, such as velopharyngeal dysfunction, or intervention for specific conditions, such as spasmodic dysphonia. These reviews offer evidence for the benefits of dysarthria intervention for speakers with selected dysarthria characteristics. More recently, scoping reviews have been used to map areas of relevant literature on the topics of speech supplementation and intervention in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Two trends will influence the future: (a) the movement f...
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