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EDSP 255 Exam 1
Seminar in Motor Speech Disorders - Cranial nerves
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Speech-Language Pathology
Graduate
02/24/2014

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Term
What are motor speech processes?
Definition
1. Message planning
2. Message coding
3. Motor planning
4. Motor programming.
5. Motor execution
Term
Two categories of motor speech disorders
Definition
1. Disorders of motor planning/programming
2. Disorders of neuromotor execution.
Term
What is apraxia?
Definition
Difficulty in motor programming: selecting and sequencing the appropriate sensorimotor commands for the positioning, movement of muscles to perform learned and intentional actions with a normal sensorimotor profile (no muscle weakness and/or muscle tone abnormalities).
Term
Characteristics of Apraxia
Definition
Speech errors, difficulty transitioning, prosodic disturbances, groping, difficulty initiating speech, more sound errors in longer words,perseverations
Term
What is Dysarthria?
Definition
a collective name for a group of neurologic speech
disorders resulting from abnormalities in the
strength, speed, range, steadiness, tone, or
accuracy of movements required for control of the
respiratory, phonatory, resonatory, articulatory,
and prosodic aspects of speech production. The
responsible pathophysiologic disturbances are due
to central or peripheral nervous system
abnormalities and most often reflect weakness;
spasticity; incoordination; involuntary movements;
or excessive, reduced, or variable muscle tone
Term
What area of the brain is affected in flaccid dysarthria?
Definition
Lower motor neurons
Term
Spastic dysarthria signifies what?
Definition
Bilateral upper motor neuron dysfunction
Term
Ataxic dysarthria is caused by what?
Definition
Problems in the cerebellum and cerebellar control circuits
Term
Hypokinetic dysarthria is caused by a problem where?
Definition
The substantia nigra of the basal ganglia
Term
What is the "gold standard" method of studying motor speech disorders?
Definition
The perceptual method
Term
What are the methods of studying motor speech disorders?
Definition
1. Perceptual
2. Acoustic
3. Physiological
4. Visual imaging (via nasendoscopy, larygoscopy, videofluoroscopy, videostroboscopy)
Term
What are the dimensions of motor speech disorders?
Definition
1. Age of Onset
2. Congenital or Acquired
3. If acquired, acute, subacute or chronic
4. Cause/etiology
5. Natural course
a. Transient
b. Chronic/stationary
c. Improving
d. Progressive/degenerative
e. Exacerbating/remitting
Term
What are some treatment approaches?
Definition
-AAC
-Normalize physiological support for speech
-Teach compensatory behaviors
-Medical approaches (i.e., prosthetics, surgical and drug treatments)
Term
What are the four major subsystems of the speech mechanism?
Definition
1. Respiratory - lungs and such
2. Phonatory - larynx
3. VP system - Velopharynx
4. Articulatory system - mouth stuff
Term
What are the two pulmonary subdivisions?
Definition
Lung Volumes & Lung Capacities
Term
What are the four kinds of lung volumes?
Definition
Tidal volume, inspiratory reserve volume, expiratory reserve volume, residual volume
Term
What are the five lung capacities?
Definition
Total lung capacity, inspiratory capacity, resting expiratory level, vital capacity and functional residual capacity
Term
What is vital capacity?
Definition
The maximum amount of air a person can expel after a maximum inhalation.
Term
What is the passage way from the trachea to the lungs called?
Definition
Mainstem Bronchi
Term
Where does gas exchange take place?
Definition
Alveolar sacks
Term
Describe elastic recoil
Definition
When breathing in or out deeply, the elasticity of both ribs and lung tissue itself is pushed past the neutral point. So for deep inhalation, the elastic recoil of the lung tissue wants to push air out. When air is pushed out very far, the elastic recoil of the cartilagenous portions of the ribs wish to open and pull more air back in.
Term
What are the extrinsic muscles of the larynx?
Definition
Infrahyoids (depressors): Sternohyoids, sternothyroids, omohyoids

Suprahyoids (Elevators): stylohyoid, mylohyoid, digastric, geniohyoid, thyrohyoids)
Term
How much subglottal pressure is needed to generate speech sound?
Definition
3-5 cm H20
Term
What affects the amount of pressure needed to vibrate the vocal folds (4 things)?
Definition
1. Glottal width
2. Frequency (of vibration)
3. Degree of adduction force
4. Vocal pathologies
Term
What are the resonating chambers of the velopharyngeal system?
Definition
1. Pharynx
2. Mouth
3. Nose
4. Sinuses of the face and skull
Term
What is the velopharynx? Describe the anatomical structure.
Definition
Four sided muscular tube, suspended bilaterally from bony components of the skull base: palatine, sphenoid, occipital and temporal bones.
Term
Velopharyngeal mechanism includes:
Definition
Velum (front wall) - soft palate and uvula
Pharynx (back and side walls) will meet raised velum to complete closure.
Term
All velar muscles except the tensor are innervated by which nerves)
Definition
Cranial nerve X and XI innervate which muscles?

(Tensor is CN 5)
Term
Name the 4 categories of VP closure
Definition
1. Coronal
2. Sagittal
3. Circular
4. Circular with Passavant's ridge
Term
What are the articulators?
Definition
1. Mobile - tongue, mandible, velum, lips, cheeks, pharynx, larynx
2. Immobile: alveolar ridge, hard palate, teeth
3. Other: sinuses
Term
What are the extrinsic tongue muscles?
Definition
Palatoglossus, styloglossus, hyoglossus and genioglossus
Term
What are the muscles of the jaw?
Definition
Elevators: Masseter, medial pterygoid, temporalis
Depressors: digastric, mylohyoid, geniohyoid, lateral pterygoid
Term
What is necrosis?
Definition
the death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply.
Term
What is a lesion?
Definition
a region in an organ or tissue that has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, tumor, etc.
Term
Infarct
Definition
a small localized area of dead tissue resulting from failure of blood supply.
Term
Ischemia
Definition
an inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body, esp. the heart muscles.
Term
Focal
Definition
A relatively narrow/centralized area of affected tissue
Term
Multifocal
Definition
Damage or injury that has multiple distinct points of injury.
Term
Diffuse
Definition
An injury that is not focal or multifocal, e.g. "_____ axonal injury" resulting from a severe concussion.
Term
Telencephalon
Definition
Consists of cerebral hemispheres, basal ganglia and limbic system
Term
Diencephalon
Definition
Consists of the thalamus and hypothalamus
Term
Msencephalon
Definition
Comprised of the tectum and the tegmentum
Term
Mylencephalon
Definition
Composed of the medulla oblongata
Term
Telencephalon
Definition
Contains the primary motor, somatosensory, auditory and visual cortex, as well as cortices responsible for speech production
Term
Final common pathway
Definition
Another term for lower motor neurons
Term
What is the direct activation pathway and what is it responsible for?
Definition
This is responsible for voluntary movement, is composed of the corticobulbar and corticospinal tracts and comprises the UMN pyramidal tracts.
Term
What is the indirect activation pathway and what is it responsible for?
Definition
This is responsible for automatic movement (i.e. posture, muscle tone) and is the extrapyramidal UMN tract. Composed of corticalrubral, corticoreticular, rubrospinal, reticulospinal and vestibulospinal tract
Term
What are control circuits and what are they responsible for?
Definition
These come from teh basal ganglia and cerebellum. They are responsible for the integration and coordination of sensory with direct and indirect activation pathways. Part of the extrapyramidal and cerebellar systems, they influence posture, supportive and smooth directed movements.
Term
Progression of UMN damage
Definition
Spasticity, hyperreflexia (clonus), extensive plantar responses, loss of abdominal reflexes
Term
What is a plantar response?
Definition
This primitive reflex, in normal adults, causes flexion in the big toe. In instances of brain damage, this reflex will elicit extension, in which case it's known as "Babinski's Sign."
Term
What is clonus?
Definition
This is a muscular spasm involving repeated, often rhythmic, contractions.
Term
What are three types of neurological lesions?
Definition
Cardiovascular accident (i.e., stroke), intracranial tumor and cervicospinal injury.
Term
What are the two main motor fiber tracts?  What are their functions?
Definition
Pyramidal - skilled voluntary movements, conscious, higher-level command.

Extrapyramidal - Coordination of basic movements, suppression of undesired movements and reflexes, posture and tone
Term
Describe the efferent motor pathways.
Definition
UMN innervation -> corticobulbar tracts -> descend via internal capsule --> cross midline into cranial nerve nuclei -> synapse after crossing onto respective cranial nerve nuclei, bilateral UMN innervation to upper face, jaw, larynx, pharynx.
Term
What is the internal capsule?
Definition
An area of white matter in the brain that separates the caudate nucleus and the thalamus from the putamen and the globus pallidus.
Term
The pyramidal system is also called what?
Definition
Another name for the Direct Activation pathway
Term
The pyramidal system originates in the motor cortex and then goes where? (two tracts)
Definition
This pathway goes either to:
Lateral corticospinal tract (controls distal muscles of limbs)

Corticobulbar tract (functionally the same except that it controls cranial motor system)
Term
What happens when there is damage to the pyramidal system?
Definition
What causes spastic dysfunction in the distal muscles of the limbs and cranial motor systems?
Term
What is the extrapyramidal system composed of (3 things)?
Definition
Basal ganglia, cerebellum and substantia nigra comprise what system?
Term
LMNs are also known as what?
Definition
α
‐
motoneurons
 is another term for what?
Term
Progression of LMN damage presents as what?
Definition
Muscle wasting/weakness, loss of reflexes, fasciculation/fibrillations, and hypotonia
Term
What are three types of LMN lesions?
Definition
Motor Neuron disease, poliomyelitis, and peripheral nerve neuropathy (e.g. diabetic neuropathy)
Term

CN V

 

Definition
Trigeminal Nerve
Term
CN VII
Definition
Facial Nerve
Term
CN VIII
Definition
Acoustic/Vestibular nerve
Term
CN IX
Definition
Glossopharyngeal nerve
Term
CN X
Definition
Vagus nerve
Term
CN XI
Definition
Spinal Accessory nerve
Term

CN XII

 

Definition
Hypoglossal nerve
Term
Basal Ganglia does what?
Definition
This structure influences movements generated by primary cortex, contributes to intelligence and affective (i.e., emotional) function. Damage can produce too much or too little movement
Term
Components of the basal ganglia
Definition
Putamen, caudate nucleus, globus palidus, internal capsule, cerebral peduncle, red nucleus, substantia nigra, subthalamic nucleus
Term

Basal Ganglia has ______ pathway and has a role in what?

 

Definition
Has:
-Direct and Indirect Pathway
Has role in:
-Scaling amplitude and velocity of movement
-Focusing neural activity to excite/inhibit different muscles.
Term
Basal ganglia does what to the command signals for movement? What problems might arise from this?
Definition
This filters command signals for movement. OVer-filtering might make intentional movement weak and slow. Too little filtering causes uncontrolled spontaneous movements.
Term
Excessive inhibition in the basal ganglia
Definition
This causes hypokinesia, bradykinesia, rigidity and resting tremor.
Term
Huntington's Chorea
Definition
This word means dance and refers to uncontrollable, jerky movements.

Symptoms:
Hyperkinesia, athetoid movements, and diminished mental capacity and dementia.
Term
Athetoid
Definition
Another term for writhing movements
Term
Cerebellum
Definition
Problems here lead to a delay in initiation of movement, dysmetria, and dysdiadochokinesia
Term
Cerebellar ataxia
Definition
Vestibulo-cerebellar dysfunction

Spino-cerebellar dysfunction
Term
Vestibulo-cerebellar dysfunction presents with ___________
Definition
Postural instability
Term
Spino-cerebellar dysfunction presents with __________
Definition
Wide-based 'drunken sailor' gait, characterized by uncertain start and stop, lateral deviations and unequal steps.
Term
What are two disorders of the developing pathway?
Definition
1. Cerebral Palsy
2. Moebius Syndrome
Term
What are the two types of disorders of the mature pathway?P
Definition
Progressive and Non-progressive

Progressive: ALS, Guillian-Barre, Parkinson's, Huntington's, MS

Non-progressive: TBI, Cortical CVAs
Term
Cerebral Palsy
Definition
Nonprogressive disorder of motion and posture due to damage to the neonatal brain, may be due to congenital malformation, 1.5-2 in every 100 live births.
Term
Major Classifications of CP (4)
Definition
1. Spastic (hypertonia)
2. Athetoid
3. Ataxic
4. Mixed
Term
Types of Cerebral Palsy (5)
Definition
Hemiparesis, Diplegia, Triplegia, Quadriplegia (tetraplegia), paraplegia
Term
Primitive Reflexes (10)
Definition
Log Rolling

Segmental Rolling

Babinski Reflex

Grasping Reflex

Positive supporting reaction

Suckling reflex

Rooting reflex

Tonic neck

Moro reflex
Term
Primitive reflexes are
Definition
survival reflexes occurring sequentially in the
first few weeks of fetal development

automatic, stereotyped movements, directed
by a very primitive part of the brain (brain
stem)

executed without involvement of higher levels
of the brain (the cortex).
Term
Movement disorders in CP
Definition
LMN: Flaccidity
UMN: Spasticity
Corticobulbar: Ataxia, dysmetria, dysdiadochokinesia, asynergia
Basal Ganglia: Dyskensia (including athetosis, dystonia, chorea and tremor), rigidity
Term
Moebius syndrome (congenital facial diplegia)
Definition
Bilateral facial paralysis of CN VII with abduscent nerve paralysis.

Etiology unclear

Hypoplasia of brainstem nuclei

Usually noticed when infant has difficulty nursing and closing eyes.
Term
Primary versus Secondary damage of TBI
Definition
Primary damage: from the impact

Secondary damage: edema, hypoxia, anoxia, hypotension, vasospasm, production of free radicals and other cytotoxic substances.
Term
Diffuse and Variable diagnoses after TBI
Definition
Language and cognitive sequelae, 60% diagnosed with acute dysarthria. 10% diagnosed with chronic, typically mixed type.
Term
5 Stages of functional limitations
Definition
Stage 1: No Useful Speech
Stage 2: Natural Speech—Supplemented by
AAC
Stage 3: Reduced Speech Intelligibility
Stage 4: Detectable Speech Disorder with
Intelligible Speech
Stage 5: No Detectable Motor Speech Disorder
Term
Brainstem CVA
Definition
Lesion in vertebrosbasilar circulation

Affects upper cervical spinal cord, cerebellum, medulla oblongta and pons
15% of all strokes
Bulbar palsy
Term
Locked-in syndrome
Definition
Severe movement disorder caused by occlusion of basilar artery.
Term
Two kinds of signs in ALS
Definition
Bulbar signs and Spinal signs
Term
Diagnosis of ALS is based on
Definition
  Clinical History
Aggressive motor involvement
Absence of sensory findings
  Electromyography
Widespread denervation pattern
  Muscle biopsy
Denervation atrophy
Term
ALS Dx criteria
Definition
  Clinically Definite ALS
UMN as well as LMN signs in 3 regions

Clinically Probably ALS
UMN & LMN signs in at least 2 regions with UMN
signs > LMN signs

Clinically Possible-Laboratory Supported ALS
UMN & LMN dysfunction in 1 region OR
UMN signs alone in 1 region and LMN signs defined
by EMG in at least 2 limbs
Term
ALS Pathology
Definition
  CNS & PNS
  Degeneration and loss of LARGE motor neurons
  Sacral segment of spinal cord is spared
  Absence of bowel and bladder symptoms
Term
Parkinson's Disease
Definition
Progressive neural degenerative disease characterized by degeneration of the dopaminergic pathway from the substantia nigra to the striatum, and overactivity of the indirect pathway. Average age of onset is 63.
Term
Symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Definition
Hypokinesia, bradykinesia, rigidity, resting tremor, normal sensation and intellect in early stages progressing to dementia.
Term
Surgical intervention in parkinson's disease
Definition
Medical intervention which creates a lesion in subthalamic nucleus or internal globus pallidus to suppress overactivity in the indirect pathway.
Term
Huntington's Chorea
Definition
Autosomal dominant genetic disease which is degenerative and fatal. Typically appears in 30s and 40s. Symptoms include hyperkinesia, athetoid movements and diminished mental capacity including dementia.
Term
Diagnosis of Huntington's Disease
Definition
This disease is diagnosed with family history, imaging studies, pattern of progressive deterioration, and the occurrence of chorea and psychiatric disrorders with no other apparent causes.
Term
Treatment of Huntington's Disease
Definition
No cure, symptomatic treatment with antidepressants and neuroleptics (which may cause rigidity or over-sedation), PT and OT

Dementia is hallmark of disorder and may make AAC use difficult.
Term
Multiple Sclerosis
Definition
Progressive disease of white matter of CNS
  UNKNOWN etiology
  Prevalence in northern U.S. 1/1,000
  Based on childhood residence
  Southern U.S. 1/3 to ½ of Northern U.S.
  Median age of onset 32 y/o
  Ratio males:females—1:1.5
  Symptoms depend on site of lesions
Term
Multiple Sclerosis pathology
Definition
  Inflammatory white matter lesions
continuously appear
  Resolve and recur
  Eventually the myelin is completely stripped
away
  Axon is ‘bare’
  Patches of destroyed myelin replaced by scar
tissue (plaques)
  Called sclerosis
Term
Cognitive Impairments in MS
Definition
  Varies considerably
  Location, number, activity of lesions
  Self-report = 38%
  Epidemiological studies suggest 3% show
cognitive changes
  Neuropsychological tests
  50-70% show cognitive changes
Term
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Definition
  Segments of myelin sheath of peripheral nerve axons
are progressively destroyed
  Incidence: 2.4 per 100,000
  Maximal paralysis
  3-4 weeks
  Myelin sheath slowly regenerates
  Muscle tone gradually returns
  ~Approximately 85% full recovery w/no residual
deficits
EDSP 255 | Seminar in MSD | Spring 2012 52
Term
Communication Deficits in Guillain-Barre
Definition
  Anarthria
  Flaccid dysarthria
  Language & cognition usually
unimpaired
  Motor control of entire body involved
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