SPEECH REHABILITATION IN DYSARTHRIA

Although the usefulness of speech rehabilitation in disorders such as asphasia is now recognized, many clinicians estimate that speech treat ments for dysarthrics are of limited value. The conceptual approach to dysarthrias is a physiological approach that emphasizes the component -by-component analysis of the peripheral speech mechanism. The selecti on and sequencing of treatment procedures follow directly from the phy siological nature and severity of involvement in each component.