Applied Speech Science for Dysarthrias, Model 5153

Applied Speech Science for Dysarthrias is an educational software program for students and practicing speech-language pathologists. It provides an extensive overview of the neurological anatomic basis of speech production and a clinical summary of the dysarthrias. The dysarthrias are covered both in terms of site(s) of neuroanatomic lesion and their clinical presentation using speech samples and objective instrumental analysis of the various dysarthrias. As a pedagogical interactive medium, this program complements the Phonetic and Perception Simulation Programs (Model 5151) and the Respiration, Phonation and Prosody Simulation Program (Model 5152) also available from Kay. As with these other programs, Applied Speech Science for Dysarthrias was developed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee by Dr. Byoung W. Kim and John Grozik. Given the program’s combination of graphic, text, and multimedia contents, it is ideally suited as a teaching tool for undergraduate or graduate students studying motor disordered speech as well as clinicians who can benefit from a quickly accessible, practical reference guide.

Users can select which neuroanatomic functional division of
motor speech they wish to study or review.

Drawings of neuroanatomy with labeled structures are provided.
An explanation page can be displayed or hidden to enhance
personal study.

Applications

The program is intended primarily as a multimedia supplement to the standard materials used in undergraduate- and graduate-level courses covering motor speech disorders. Students can use the program for individual learning, or an instructor can present portions of the program in a classroom environment. With data projectors and multimedia computers, students can have easy access to detailed anatomic information, descriptive information of different pathologies, and audio samples to enhance perceptual knowledge of different motor speech disorders.

Any of the six major divisions of motor speech disorders can 
be selected for review and compared to patients.

Features 

•  Conveniently divided into Functional Divisions of Motor Speech and Classification of Dysarthrias

• Detailed neuroanatomical pictures with “explanation pages” that can be displayed or hidden

• Salient characteristics of each dysarthria group including site(s) of lesion and neurophysiologic characteristics

• Descriptive presentation of typical patient profiles as well as audio samples of normal vs. disordered speech using standard clinical speech tasks

• Kay’s Motor Speech Profile results (quantitative and graphic) provided for each dysarthria group

Each of the disorders is described with neuroanatomic site
 of lesion,salient clinical characteristics, and speech samples.

Summary

Quantitative analyses of speech samples from each disorder are
provided. Results are compared to a built-in database of normal
 patients using Kay’s Motor Speech Profile program.

Both drawings and pictures of actual brain samples are
 provided to show anatomic site of lesion.

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