Ataxic cerebral palsy. People with this type have trouble with balance and coordination. After a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, your health care professional may use a rating scale tool such as the Gross Motor Function Classification System. This tool measures function, mobility, posture and balance. This information can help in selecting treatments.
Hi all, I was diagnosed with autoimmune cerebellar ataxia a couple years ago. I have some balance problems, but my biggest problem is difficulty speaking. They say “slurring” is the speech problem associated with this disorder, but I don’t really slur. I talk slowly and it’s difficult to get words out. And I skip or mispronounce vowels, which I think is called scanning speech. Anyway ...
Diagnosis To diagnose dysarthria, a speech-language pathologist might evaluate your speech to help find out the type of dysarthria you have. This can be helpful to the neurologist, who will look for the underlying cause. During the speech evaluation, the speech-language pathologist listens carefully to your speech and identifies features of dysarthria. You may be asked to read aloud and repeat ...
Overview Dysarthria happens when the muscles used for speech are weak or are hard to control. Dysarthria often causes slurred or slow speech that can be difficult to understand. Common causes of dysarthria include conditions that affect the nervous system or that cause facial paralysis. These conditions may cause tongue or throat muscle weakness. Certain medicines also can cause dysarthria.
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