Dysarthria

About: Dysarthria is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2402 publications have been published within this topic receiving 56554 citations.

Title Using prosody in Cantonese-speaking children with severe dysarthria: caregiver and speaker variables

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate whether children with severe dysarthria are able to use prosody (pitch and duration) to communicate with their caregivers. Four children with severe dysarthria resulting from cerebral palsy and their caregivers participated in two tasks. The children were asked to produce the vowel /a/ at 5 pitch levels and 5 durations; the caregivers were asked to identify the target the children produced. Productions were also analyzed acoustically. Both caregiver accuracy and acoustic productions varied across subjects. In general, children were able to produce some pitch and duration distinctions. Poor correspondence between accuracy and acoustic measures suggested that caregivers might use other cues in perception. This study suggested that children with severe dysarthria have the ability to use prosody to signal contrasts, which might be developed as a means to interact with their caregivers or with augmentative and alternative communication devices.

Rosuvastatin-Induced Dysarthria: An Unusual Drug Reaction

Abstract: We report the case of a 67-year-old man who presented 2 episodes of dysarthria of unknown etiology that resolved after withdrawal of rosuvastatin. The man has a medical history of arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, benign pros-tatic hypertrophy, osteoarthritis, atrial fibrillation, transient ischemic attack, sleep apnea syndrome, and Lyme disease. His long-term medications included bisoprolol (5 mg/d), flecainide (150 mg/d), hydrochlorothiazide (25 mg/d), ace-tylsalicylic acid (75 mg/d), and rosuvastatin (10 mg/d). Over a 17-month period of follow-up, he presented 2 episodes of fluctuating dysarthria. The first lasted 1 week and the second several months. The patient was asymptomatic for 6 months between these episodes. During the second episode, he was also treated by febuxostat and telmisartan. Both drugs were withdrawn, with no effect on dysarthria. the patient been minutes. Dysarthria The

Clinical study on tri-tongue acupuncture combined with low-frequency electrical stimulation for treating post-stroke dysarthria

Abstract: BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated low-frequency electrical stimulation combined with tri-tongue acupuncture for the treatment of post-stroke dysarthria. This randomized clinical study assessed the correlation between the clinical efficacy of low-frequency electrical stimulation combined with tri-tongue acupuncture in patients with post-stroke dysarthria. AIM To investigate the clinical effects of tri-tongue acupuncture combined with low-frequency electrical stimulation for treating post-stroke dysarthria. METHODS Ninety patients with post-stroke dysarthria, who were admitted to our hospital from December 2019 to June 2021, were selected and equally divided into two groups (n = 45/group) according to the random number table method. Tri-tongue acupuncture was administered in the control group. The treatment group received both tri-tongue acupuncture and low-frequency electrical stimulation. The clinical efficacy, Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) score, general quality of life inventory (GQOLI-74) score, Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment score, and speech function grades were compared and analyzed between both groups. RESULTS The overall efficacy in the treatment group was better than that in the control group (P < 0.05). Before treatment, the WAB, Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment, or GQOLI-74 scores (P > 0.05) did not differ between the groups. After therapy, the WAB, Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment, and GQOLI-74 scores in both groups increased significantly (P < 0.05), and the treatment group exhibited a significantly greater increase than that of the controls (P < 0.05). Moreover, the classification of speech function did not differ between the two groups before treatment (P > 0.05), whereas significant improvements were observed in both groups after treatment (P < 0.05). The degree of improvement in the treatment group was greater than that in the control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Low-frequency electrical stimulation, in conjunction with tri-tongue acupuncture, exhibits a good clinical effect on post-stroke dysarthria.

Speech disorders in primary progressive aphasia (PPA)

Abstract: Introduction : Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a group of neurodegenerative disorders whose main feature is speech and language dysfunction. There are three main forms of PPA - non-fluent variant - agrammatic (nfvPPA), semantic variant (svPPA) and logopenic variant (lvPPA). These include the canonical syndromes currently recognized by consensus diagnostic criteria. . Material and method : An overview of language disorders in primary progressive aphasia is presented. The impact on the conversation process and the patient's quality of life assessment was evaluated. The work was based on scientific publications posted on the scientific platform PubMed. Results : In order to diagnose PPA, criteria must be met, i.e., language difficulties are the main feature of the clinical picture, language difficulties are the main cause of disability in daily life, and that aphasia is the most significant disorder in the initial period of the disease. Conclusions : PPA significantly affects both the production and comprehension of speech. It affects the idea, content, construction and delivery of the patient's speech. In addition, it causes significant difficulties in the repetition of speech, both full sentences and words alone. Keywords : "speech disorders", "aphasia", "dysarthria", "primary progressive aphasia".