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Treatment for Flaccid Dysarthria
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Pathology
Graduate
03/22/2011

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Oral motor strengthening exercises
Definition
- visual feedback with mirror
- do exercises as well
- discuss anatomy and how weakness occurred
- explain how the exercises help
- encourage carryover
- increase reps
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Jaw muscle strengthening
Definition
- initial steps focus on open and closing
- ultimate goal to strengthen closure using resistance wedge, bite blocks, or hands on resistance
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Lip stenghtened
Definition
- independent/imitation exercises
- resistance (button and string, facial flex)
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Tongue Strengthening
Definition
- tongue tip
- mid-tongue
- back or posterior tongue
- lateral sides of tongue
Term
treatment for respiratory weakness
Definition
- to increase and control exhaled air
- strengthen and coordinate the muscles
- postural adjustments
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Phonation treatment
Definition
- pushing and pulling exercises
- holding breath
- hard glottal attack
- head turning/vocal cord strengthening
Term
Resonance Treatment
Definition
- velar strengthening exercises
- tongue strengthening and coordinatino
- modification of speech (increased loudness, reduced rate, more open position)
- surgical and prosthetics
- educate client to listen/differentiate for hypernasality
- discuss velum and velopharyngeal closure
-use visual techniques to see and measure nasal emission (nasometer, mirror, see-scape)
Term
Velopharyngeal exercises to improve closure
Definition
-blowing
-oral plosives
-alternating oral and nasal consonants
- use phrases that avoid nasal sounds
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modification of speech
Definition
- increase loudness
- reduce rate of speech (tapping, clapping)
- Open mouth during speech (exaggerated jaw movements)
Term
Surgical and Prosthetics Treatments
Definition
- Pharyngeal flap
- teflon injection into pharynx
-palatal lift
Term
Traditional Articulation Treatment
Definition
- intelligibility drills
- phonetic placement
- exaggerating consonants
- minimal contrast drills
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Prosody Treatment
Definition
- pitch range exercises (questions)
- Intonation profiles (using lines to show change of pitch in drills)
- Contrastive stress drills (use stress to convey meaning)
- Chunking utterances into syntactic units (breathing on natural pauses)
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