Sunday 20 September 2009

Stroke & Articulation Error

Multimedia Speech Pathology

Pelat or telor (Malay/Bahasa Malaysia, pelat; Kelantan, telor, kecek telor) is articulation error. It is not due to stroke or brain injury. It can be congenital (present at birth) or acquired (after birth). It can arise from articulators mechanism, which involve muscles of the tongue, palates (soft & hard palates)(Malay lelangit, langit-langit), labia (lips; Malay bibir), jaw and aevolar ridge (Malay hujung langit-langit berhampiran gigi).

Dysarthria is a speech problem. Possible causes are stroke or brain injury (fall affecting the head, shot in the head, concussion, hit on the head by foregin object, etc). It involves 5 components - respiration/breathing, resonance, phonation, articulation and ______.

Aphasia is resultant from stroke or brain injury. It is an acquired speech & language disorder.

Speech apraxia is the inability to reproduce sounds after hearing them. It involves voluntary (volitional) and involuntary (involitional) conditions. It is a processing problem.


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