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Spastic Dysarthria vs. Spasmodic Dysphonia

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<strong>Spastic</strong> <strong>Dysarthria</strong><br />

Caused by bilateral damage to UMN<br />

Degenerative disease, vascular causes, TBI,<br />

unknown<br />

Hypertonia, hyperreflexia, spasticity,<br />

neuropath. reflexes<br />

Speech: slow, effortful, may be hypernasal,<br />

imprecise artic., hoarseness, strain-strangle,<br />

monopitch/pitch breaks, short phrases,<br />

monoloud<br />

(Duffy 2005)

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