Is a Neurological Speech Disorder That Generally Occurs Following Damage

question 26

Multiple Choice

is a neurological speech disorder that generally occurs following damage to the left cerebral hemisphere, particularly motor and premotor areas. Speech is characterized by groping attempts to find the correct articulatory position, great variability over repeated attempts, sound substitutions, omissions, additions, and difficulty sequencing sounds in multisyllabic words.

• A) Aphasia
• B) Dementia
• C) Apraxia of speech
• D) Dysarthria

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