• Does disorder fit “lawful” patterns of a MSD?• Is oral exam consistent with speech characteristics?• Is speech disorder: • consistent?• suggestible?:• If you suggest that something unlikely to change speech will make the disorder better or worse, and it does, that suggests that the disorder may be functional• susceptible to distractibility?:• Organic disorders won’t improve if you distract the patient, but functional disorders or malingering may

• Does speech fatigue in lawful manner?:• i.e., does the person become breathier, use shorter phrases, become hypernasal?• If they say that they are becoming weak, but what you are observing is increased tension, then it is probably not organic

• Is it reversible?:• If it responds rapidly to symptomatic treatment during the evaluation, it is probably not organic

Spell: Motor Speech Disorders Quiz 2 (PART OF EXAM 1)