Motor Speech Disorders (MSD-401): Course Content

Learning Outcomes

The focus of this course is to develop a complete understanding of Motor Speech disorders. At the end of this course student will be able to,

•  Use appropriate assessment method to differentially diagnose the type of motor speech disorders
•  Choose the appropriate treatment method for dysarthria type, write treatment goals and properly document the case report
•  Therapeutically manage respiratory, phonatory and articulatory mechanism

Upper motor Neuron and lower motor neuron disorder

Lower Motor Neuron Disorders/Flaccid Dysarthria

•  Myasthenia Gravis
• Brainstem Disorders
• Peripheral Disorders

Upper Motor Neuron Disorders

• Spastic Dysarthria
• Pseudobulbar Palsy
• Cerebral Palsy
•  (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy )
• Unilateral Upper Motor Neuron Dysarthria
•  Apraxia Of Speech

Disorders of Balance:

• Cerebellar Disorders/Ataxic Dysarthria
• Friedreich's Ataxia
• Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy (OPCA)
•  Basal Ganglia Disorders
• Hypokinetic Dysarthria

•  Parkinson's Disease
• Hyperkinetic Dysarthria
• Huntington's Disease
• Tourette's Syndrome
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA)

Assessment of Motor Speech Disorder:

• Motor Speech Exam

• Specific Assessment Protocols for Dysarthria & Apraxia

• Differential Diagnosis

Management of Motor Speech Disorders:

• Treatment Methods: A Symptom-Based Approach for Dysarthria
• Managing Respiratory Deficits
• Managing Phonatory Deficits
• Managing Resonance Deficits
• Managing Articulatory Deficits
• Managing Prosodic Deficits
• Communication-Oriented Treatment
• Treatment approaches for apraxia of speech interventions and outcomes.
• Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia: Assessment and Classification; Associated Factors and Consequences;
• Approaches To Assessment: Structuring And Implementing Assessment.