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Dysarthria

      See our Stroke Home Page for a full list of information relating to Stroke, Dysarthria, Aphasia, and startegies for improving communication.   Dysarthria and dysphonia Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder caused by a neurological injury or disease and it can affect one or more of the speech mechanisms – respiration, phonation, …

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Childhood Dysarthria

      Childhood dysarthria refers to a speech difficulty that may occur following an injury or disease to the brain, cranial nerves or nervous system. Injury or disease to the speech musculature may also cause dysarthric like symptoms. When the part of the brain that controls speech production is damaged, the link from the …

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