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  2. Flaccid dysarthria - Wikipedia

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    Flaccid dysarthria is a motor speech disorder resulting from damage to peripheral nervous system (cranial or spinal nerves) or lower motor neuron system. Depending on which nerves are damaged, flaccid dysarthria affects respiration, phonation, resonance, and articulation. It also causes weakness, hypotonia (low-muscle tone), and diminished ...

  3. Dysarthria - Wikipedia

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    Dysarthria is a speech sound disorder resulting from neurological injury of the motor component of the motor–speech system [1] and is characterized by poor articulation of phonemes. [2] It is a condition in which problems effectively occur with the muscles that help produce speech, often making it very difficult to pronounce words.

  4. Lower motor neuron lesion - Wikipedia

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    One major characteristic used to identify a lower motor neuron lesion is flaccid paralysis – paralysis accompanied by loss of muscle tone. This is in contrast to an upper motor neuron lesion, which often presents with spastic paralysis – paralysis accompanied by severe hypertonia.

  5. Dysprosody - Wikipedia

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    The most common types of dysprosody are associated with dysarthria and developmental coordination disorder, which affect motor processing in speech. Among the most studied types are: Flaccid dysarthria is characterized by little control over pitch and voice volume, reduced speech rate, and impaired voice quality

  6. Speech disorder - Wikipedia

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    Dysarthria is a weakness or paralysis of speech muscles caused by damage to the nerves or brain. Dysarthria is often caused by strokes, Parkinson's disease, [9] ALS, head or neck injuries, surgical accident, or cerebral palsy. Aphasia; Dysprosody is an extremely rare neurological speech disorder. It is characterized by alterations in intensity ...

  7. Category:Neurological disorders - Wikipedia

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    This category encompasses all disorders of the nervous system. The major meta-categories is Category:Neurological disorders by disease category.A disorder can be categorized in both systems simultaneously (for example, glioma under "Nervous system neoplasia" AND "Brain disorders").

  8. Category:Symptoms and signs: Speech and voice - Wikipedia

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    This category reflects the organization of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision. Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-10 codes R47-R49 within Chapter XVIII: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings should be included in this category.

  9. Bulbar palsy - Wikipedia

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    Dysphagia, dysarthria, flaccid paralysis, muscle atrophy, drooling of saliva, reduced or absent gag reflex Bulbar palsy refers to a range of different signs and symptoms linked to impairment of function of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX), the vagus nerve (CN X), the accessory nerve (CN XI), and the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII).