Dysarthriaandanarthriaare diagnoses of speech disorders with anarthria being a severe form of dysarthria.
While dysarthria causes impaired speech, anarthria results in a complete loss of the ability to speak.
The underlying causes of these disorders include conditions that affect the muscles that control speech.
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Speech therapists can often help you improve or regain speech or adapt to new forms of communication.
Autoimmune diseases are sometimes linked to dysarthria.
Typically, this bang out of dysarthria resolves after the medication wears off or is stopped.
If you have dysarthria, when you attempt to speak, you may notice that your vowels sound distorted.
Dysarthria may be mild, moderate, or severe.
The level of dysarthria depends on the degree of damage to the neurological system.
These patterns include:
Diagnosis
Dysarthria and anarthria are diagnosed by a medical professional.
A speech-language pathologist can identify the best course of treatment after your medical evaluation.
A variety of techniques may be used during treatment.
If your muscles are weak or stiff, you might need exercises tailored to your specific problem.
People who experience anarthria have the ability to understand words but are unable to produce understandable speech.
Connection Between Dysarthria and Dysphagia
While the words have similar sounds, these are different disorders.
Dysphagia refers to a medical condition in which you have trouble swallowing.
Many medical disorders can cause both dysarthria and dysphagia.
Dysarthria can partially or completely improve on its own, depending on the cause.
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