Dysarthria Case Study Examples

This woman presents with a moderately-severe dysarthria, with 85% intelligibility in known contexts and 80% intelligibility in unknown contexts. Primary characteristics of the dysarthria are forced audible inspiration, forced inspiration-expiration, strained-strangled voice, voice stoppages, imprecise consonants, inappropriate silence, reduced stress, and slow rate. The client’s overall intelligibility was not greatly affected, since her single word and phrase productions were understood by the listener.
Although the client presents with a moderately-severe dysarthria, with 80-85% intelligibility, her naturalness and comprehensibility are tremendously reduced, due to deficits in the various subsystems for speech and observable neurological deficits contributing to her dysarthria. The woman demonstrates a lack of facial expression, eye contact, volitional, postural,
The client’s prosodic features varied, and were affected by vocal fold abduction and adduction, sustained phonation, loudness and voice quality.
The client also demonstrated mandible and tongue movement variations in the limited oral motor examination when compared to speech tasks. The client was asked to depress her mandible, protrude her tongue, and to rapidly lateralize her tongue. She demonstrated a decreased range in motion and tone, and reduced ease of alternating movement; however, these results were not easily detectable during speech tasks.
In order to further understand the client’s dysarthria and begin treatment planning, I would need prepare a thorough assessment. I would initiate the assessment procedure by completing a comprehensive medical and personal case history, as well as a client-self assessment. The clinician will obtain vital information of the client’s personal views of their auditory-perceptual deficits, awareness, and