2007, Number 6
Dysprosody in ataxia
Aguiar RA, Díaz FA, Díaz MR, Morgado VT
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Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 526-530
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: The neurolinguistic diagnosis of dysarthria is typical in cases of ataxia and cerebellar syndromes, as consequence of motor disorders that disrupt the motor program preventing the correct completion and coordination of joint movements, velar, of the vocal chords, of the thoracic cage. Within this context, dysprosody plays an important social role, which is the focus of an integral strategy for language development, that starts from a detailed evaluation of language itself. The main objective of this paper was to characterize language and to determine dysprosody variations, starting from an intervention strategy designed for this purpose in 32 ataxic patients. Method: The strategy was developed during a minimum cycle of 28 days. To analyze the language characterization, the percentage, mean and mode were applied and for therapy the ICARS items related to language. All data were processed with the non parametric Wilcoxon test. Results: The results showed that coordination difficulties have a repercussion on language; significant statistical changes were obtained after the application of a strategy aimed to dysprosody applied in a systematic way.REFERENCES