Apraxia of Speech: Deficit in neural motor planning or programming of the articulatory muscles for voluntary movements for speech, that primarily effects articulation and prosody
Automatic Speech
over-learned sequences of words that can be recited without much conscious thought (such as counting to 10, saying days of week, months of year, alphabet, birthday song, etc.)
Oral Apraxia
Difficulty with volitional nonspeech movements of the articulators (ex. puffing cheeks, clicking tongue, etc.)
plateau
patient's general leveling off of improvement in rehabilitation after which gains are slower and less easily documented
Tremors at Rest
tremors that occur when the head, limbs, hands, or fingers are not intentionally being moved
A rare, rapidly progressive degenerative disease of motor neurons that control movement of all muscle systems, including speech systems
Anarthric (Anarthria)
a complete or near complete loss of the ability to articulate speech
Myasthenia Gravis
neuromuscular disorder more commonly seen in women than men. Characterized by chronic fatigue and muscle weakness, especially in facial and articulatory muscles, resulting in dysarthria
differential diagnosis
process of narrowing possibilities and reaching conclusions about the nature of a deficit
