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Aphasia - Jan 20, 2010 3:22 - 0 Comments

Where Is Speech Center In Brain ?

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The speech center in our brain is most commonly known as the ‘Broca’s Area’. In right-handed people, the left hemisphere of the brain has the parietal lobe in it. The speech center lies in this parietal lobe. In most left-handed people also this lies in the left hemisphere but not in all. The Broca’s motor [...]

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Dysarthria - Oct 28, 2009 0:40 - 0 Comments

Symptoms of Dysarthria

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People suffering from Dysarthria have speech which is usually slurred (unclear) and produced with great difficulty. The speech is also difficult to understand. This disease may cause problems like controlling the loudness and rhythm of the speech. It is usually caused by paralysis or weakness. Inability to align the mouth’s muscles could also be a [...]

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Apraxia, Treatments and Therapies - Dec 23, 2009 0:24 - 0 Comments

What Parents Need To Know About CAS

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Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is also known as Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia (DVD) or Developmental Apraxia of Speech (DAS). It is not a muscular disorder, nor is a cognition disorder (i.e.- difficulty in perception and learning and reasoning). The following traits are commonly seen in a child suffering from CAS:

Unusually little or no cooing and [...]

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