Speech Disorders

Health Conditions

Lingual dysarthria is a speech sound disorder caused by weakness, incoordination, or reduced range of motion in the tongue, which impairs clear speech production. It is a motor...

Health Conditions

Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder caused by weakness, slowness, or poor coordination of the lips, tongue, jaw, voice, or breathing muscles used in speaking. It is not a diso...

Relationships

Apraxia and dysarthria both disrupt speech production, but they differ fundamentally. Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a motor planning disorder: the brain has trouble organizing cons...

Health Conditions

Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder resulting from neurological impairment of the muscles used for speech production, including the lips, tongue, diaphragm, and vocal folds. I...