Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Difficulty in articulating words, caused by impairment of the muscles used in speech.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inability to articulate distinctly; dyslalia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Difficulty in articulating words due to disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech. One of first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis brought about by an auto-immune response to acetylcholine receptors.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Aphasia may co-occur with speech disorders such as dysarthria or apraxia of speech, which also result from brain damage.
Kulturblog BTD Greg 2010
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Using a UQ-built telerehabilitation device, the study assessed 86 patients with various speech and language disorders, such as dysarthria, aphasia and apraxia of speech.
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Using a UQ-built telerehabilitation device, the study assessed 86 patients with various speech and language disorders, such as dysarthria, aphasia and apraxia of speech.
UQ News Online 2009
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Damage to this part results in dysarthria, the inability to move the lips and tongue properly even if the rest of the brain can imagine perfectly well what it wants to say.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Damage to this part results in dysarthria, the inability to move the lips and tongue properly even if the rest of the brain can imagine perfectly well what it wants to say.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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He illustrates this with a study about a “boy with congenital dysarthria, a disorder of the peripheral speech organs, who was never able to speak” (Principles and Practice, p60).
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Brain trauma or strokes often affect victims 'speech, a condition known as dysarthria.
Kay Russell, English Woman, Left With French Accent After Migraine Attack (VIDEO) 2010
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He illustrates this with a study about a “boy with congenital dysarthria, a disorder of the peripheral speech organs, who was never able to speak” Principles and Practice, p60.
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Brain trauma or strokes often affect victims 'speech, a condition known as dysarthria.
Kay Russell, English Woman, Left With French Accent After Migraine Attack (VIDEO) 2010
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Brain stem strokes almost always have other neurological findings-diplopia,cranial nerve palsies ,dysarthria, etc-but midline cerebellar disease may only have vertigo, nausea and inability to walk so intense is the disequilibrium.
Archive 2007-11-01 james gaulte 2007
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