Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
dysarthria
dys·ar·thri·a [ dis-ahr-three-uh ]
Subclass of:
Articulation Disorders
Definitions related to dysarthria:
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A speech disability caused by an injury to the brain centers controlling the face, mouth, neck, or throat. People with dysarthria may be able to understand speech and form the right words in their mind but cannot articulate them.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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Difficulty in articulation, the motor activity of shaping phonated sounds into speech, not in word finding or in grammar.Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and PsychologyBJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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Disorders of speech articulation caused by imperfect coordination of pharynx, larynx, tongue, or face muscles. This may result from CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN STEM diseases; or diseases of the corticobulbar tracts. The cortical language centers are intact in this condition. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p489)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Dysarthric speech is a general description referring to a neurological speech disorder characterized by poor articulation. Depending on the involved neurological structures, dysarthria may be further classified as spastic, flaccid, ataxic, hyperkinetic and hypokinetic, or mixed.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Imperfect speech articulation due to disturbances of muscular control.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Slow and slurred speech resulting from inability to coordinate the muscles that are used in speech. Causes include brain damage, Parkinson disease, and developmental causes.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A disorder characterized by slow and slurred speech resulting from an inability to coordinate the muscles used in speech.Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse EventsU.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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Dysarthria is loss of the ability to articulate words normally. Speech may be jerky, staccato, breathy, irregular, imprecise, or monotonous, but people can understand language and use it correctly.Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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Dysarthria occurs when the muscles you use for speech are weak or you have difficulty controlling them. Dysarthria often causes slurred or slow speech that can be difficult to understand.Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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Dysarthria, motor speech disorder in which neurological damage impairs the ability of nerves to send messages to the muscles involved in speech production. Dysarthria can affect persons of all ages and varies in type and severity. Dysarthria can affect any of the muscles involved in speech...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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