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Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Hyperkinetic Dysarthria
QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
1. What is the cause of hyperkinetic dysarthria?
A. damage to upper motor neurons
B. damage to lower motor neurons
C. damage to spinal nerves
D. damage to the basal ganglia
2. “Hyperkinetic” means:
A. too little movement
B. too much movement
C. uncoordinated movement
D. lack of movement
3. The function of the basal ganglia is not well understood because:
A. it was only recently discovered to cause much dysfunction
B. the components of the complex basal ganglia are not fully understood
C. research money does not fund study of this structure
D. its function is not significant enough to study
4. Which of the following disorders can cause hyperkinetic dysarthria?
A. chorea, myasthenia gravis, and tremors
B. cholera, myoclonus, tics, tumors, and dystonia
C. chorea, myoclonus, tics, essential tremor, and dystonia
D. chronic fatigue syndrome, myoclonus, tics, essential tremor, and dystonia
5. A progressive, inherited (autosomal dominant) disorder caused by gradual degeneration of
neurons in the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex is:
A. Sydenham’s chorea
B. tardive dyskinesia
C. Alzheimer’s disease
D. Huntington’s disease
6. What component of speech production will more or less be equally affected by hyperkinetic
movements?
A. articulation, phonation, respiration, and resonance
B. phonation, respiration, and resonance
C. articulation, phonation, respiration, resonance, and prosody
D. articulation, phonation, resonance, and prosody
Chapter 9
Chapter 9
