What is spastic dysartria?
Spastic dysarthria is a health condition that negatively affects the ability of a person to speak. Those with this condition have problems with proper control of one or more muscles used in speaking. They may have difficulty pronounce consonants, have irregular pauses when they speak, speak monotonous or hard to breathe from the nose while talking. In more serious cases, one may also have problems with vowels in words.
people with spastic dysartria experience one or more of several common symptoms of disorder speech. Exactly, as a person's speech is influenced by spastic dysarthria, it depends on the source of the condition and how serious the original health problems are. Most patients suffer more than one difficulty of speech, which may include problems with voice volume, tone, tone and overall voice quality.
The disorder can be caused by one of several other health problems. Those who have brain palsy spastic dysartria because of neurological problems caused by the brain giantnou. Other neurological problems may be a source of condition such as a brain tumor or severe head damage. Other conditions that may lead to failure include Tay-Sachs' disease, damage to hypothermia and Lyme disease.
speech capabilities are not the only body function that could affect spastic dysarthria. The condition is affected by several muscle groups, including muscles in tongue, lips, jaws and soft floor. The condition can affect the person's ability to breathe properly and swallow, influence how one eats and drinks.
The treatment of spastic dysarthria is usually processed by a pathologist of speech language. The pathologist of speech language must first determine what effects the condition on the muscle groups of man has. Some exercises could be performed under the guidance of a pathologist of speech language to help the patient strengthen the affected muscle groups and gain more control of his speech. Change how a man boundAnnealing muscles for speaking is another technique that pathologists use speech language to help the patient gain more voice control.
Some patients, even in treatment, cannot improve their voice skills. Patients who are unable to overcome spastic dysarthria to make them understandable, require the help of other devices to communicate effectively with others. These devices may include text phones or speech synthesizer, such as the one used by the famous scientist Stephen Hawking.