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Rate and rhythm control strategies for apraxia of speech in nonfluent primary progressive aphasia / Estratégias de controle de ritmo e taxa de fala para a apraxia de fala na afasia progressiva primária não-fluente
Beber, Bárbara Costa; Berbert, Monalise Costa Batista; Grawer, Ruth Siqueira; Cardoso, Maria Cristina de Almeida Freitas.
  • Beber, Bárbara Costa; Global Brain Health Institute. Trinity College Dublin. Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health. IE
  • Berbert, Monalise Costa Batista; Global Brain Health Institute. Trinity College Dublin. Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health. IE
  • Grawer, Ruth Siqueira; Global Brain Health Institute. Trinity College Dublin. Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health. IE
  • Cardoso, Maria Cristina de Almeida Freitas; Global Brain Health Institute. Trinity College Dublin. Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health. IE
Dement. neuropsychol ; 12(1): 80-84, Jan.-Mar. 2018. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-891048
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT The nonfluent/agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia is characterized by apraxia of speech and agrammatism. Apraxia of speech limits patients' communication due to slow speaking rate, sound substitutions, articulatory groping, false starts and restarts, segmentation of syllables, and increased difficulty with increasing utterance length. Speech and language therapy is known to benefit individuals with apraxia of speech due to stroke, but little is known about its effects in primary progressive aphasia. This is a case report of a 72-year-old, illiterate housewife, who was diagnosed with nonfluent primary progressive aphasia and received speech and language therapy for apraxia of speech. Rate and rhythm control strategies for apraxia of speech were trained to improve initiation of speech. We discuss the importance of these strategies to alleviate apraxia of speech in this condition and the future perspectives in the area.
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RESUMO A variante não-fluente/agramática da afasia progressiva primária caracteriza-se por apraxia de fala e agramatismo. A apraxia de fala limita a comunicação devido a redução no fluxo de fala, substituição de sons, tentativas articulatórias, falsos inícios de fala e reinícios, segmentação de sílabas, e aumento da dificuldade conforme o aumento do enunciado. A terapia fonoaudiológica é benéfica em casos de apraxia de fala decorrentes de acidente vascular cerebral, porém pouco se sabe sobre seus efeitos na afasia progressiva primária. Este artigo é um relato de caso de uma mulher de 72 anos, analfabeta e trabalhadora do lar, que foi diagnosticada com afasia progressiva não-fluente e recebeu terapia fonoaudiológica para apraxia de fala. Estratégias de controle do ritmo e da taxa de fala foram utilizadas a fim de melhorar a iniciação da fala. A importância de estratégias para minimizar a apraxia de fala e as perspectivas futuras na área são discutidas neste artigo.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Apraxias / Rehabilitation / Aphasia, Primary Progressive / Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Type of study: Incidence study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Dement. neuropsychol Journal subject: NEUROCIENCIAS / Neurology / Psychology / Psychiatry Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: Ireland Institution/Affiliation country: Global Brain Health Institute/IE

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Apraxias / Rehabilitation / Aphasia, Primary Progressive / Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Type of study: Incidence study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Dement. neuropsychol Journal subject: NEUROCIENCIAS / Neurology / Psychology / Psychiatry Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: Ireland Institution/Affiliation country: Global Brain Health Institute/IE