Ataxic dysarthria is an acquired neurological and sensorimotor speech deficit.
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It is also a feature of ataxic dysarthria.
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Ataxic dysarthria is associated with damage to the left cerebellar hemisphere in right handed patients.
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Some sources consider it a common, but not necessary, feature of ataxic dysarthria; others consider it exactly synonymous with ataxic dysarthria.
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Some sources consider it a common, but not necessary, feature of ataxic dysarthria; others consider it exactly synonymous with ataxic dysarthria.
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Growing evidence supports the likelihood of cerebellar involvement specifically affecting speech motor programming and execution pathways, producing the characteristic features associated with ataxic dysarthria.
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Scanning speech, like other ataxic dysarthrias, is a symptom of lesions in the cerebellum . and it constitutes one of the three symptoms of Charcot's neurologic triad.
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Common clinical features of ataxic dysarthria include abnormalities in speech modulation, rate of speech, explosive or scanning speech, slurred speech, irregular stress patterns, and vocalic and consonantal misarticulations.