Apraxia is a motor disorder caused by damage to the brain (specifically the posterior parietal cortex or corpus callosum), which causes difficulty with...
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Apraxia of speech (AOS), also called verbal apraxia, is a speech sound disorder affecting an individual's ability to translate conscious speech plans...
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Ideational apraxia (IA) is a neurological disorder which explains the loss of ability to conceptualize, plan, and execute the complex sequences of motor...
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Ideomotor Apraxia, often IMA, is a neurological disorder characterized by the inability to correctly imitate hand gestures and voluntarily mime tool use...
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Constructional apraxia is a neurological disorder in which people are unable to perform tasks or movements even though they understand the task, are willing...
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In ophthalmology, apraxia of lid opening (ALO) is an inability to initiate voluntary opening of the eyelid following a period of eyelid closure, with...
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Oculomotor apraxia (OMA) is the absence or defect of controlled, voluntary, and purposeful eye movement. It was first described in 1952 by the American...
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Developmental verbal dyspraxia (redirect from Childhood apraxia of speech)
Developmental verbal dyspraxia (DVD), also known as childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and developmental apraxia of speech (DAS), is a condition in which an individual...
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Bruns apraxia, or frontal ataxia, is a gait apraxia found in patients with bilateral frontal lobe disorders. It is characterised by an inability to initiate...
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Non-dominant hemisphere Contralateral hemispatial neglect Constructional apraxia Dress apraxia Anosognosia – lack of awareness of the existence of one's disability...
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produce the sound Cannot be produced voluntarily No production ever observed Apraxia of speech may result from stroke or progressive illness, and involves inconsistent...
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involved in speech, for example, the mouth or tongue. Mutism may be due to apraxia, that is, problems with coordination of muscles involved in speech. Another...
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Corticobasal degeneration (section Apraxia)
include:[citation needed] Parkinsonism Alien hand syndrome Apraxia (ideomotor apraxia and limb-kinetic apraxia) Aphasia The presence of parkinsonism as a clinical...
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Aprataxin (redirect from Ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 1)
repair. Mutations in this gene have been associated with ataxia–ocular apraxia. Multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified...
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Alien hand syndrome (redirect from Diagonistic apraxia)
"self-restriction". The left hand also showed signs of severe ideomotor apraxia. It was able to mimic actions but only with the help of mirror movements...
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Bálint's syndrome (section Oculomotor apraxia)
a whole (simultanagnosia), difficulty in fixating the eyes (oculomotor apraxia), and inability to move the hand to a specific object by using vision (optic...
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Motor speech disorders (section Apraxia)
prosody. There are two types of Apraxia. Developmental (or Childhood Apraxia of speech) or acquired Apraxia. Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a neurological...
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Formulaic language (section Apraxia of speech)
who suffer from apraxia of speech may retain the ability to produce formulaic language, such as "thank you" or "how are you?". Apraxia of speech can also...
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First being described and identified in 1985, Wieacker-Wolff syndrome is a rare, slowly progressive, genetic disorder present at birth and characterized...
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Apraxia including ideational apraxia, ideomotor apraxia, kinetic apraxia, limb apraxia, verbal apraxia Cognitive dysfunction Difficulties concentrating...
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Body part as object (section Apraxia)
to a limited degree, in treating - cognitive impairment (e.g. aphasia, apraxia, schizophrenia etc.). BPO pantomimes are generally seen more in young children...
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Stroke recovery (section Apraxia)
manual apraxia was found in 7% and oral apraxia was found in 6%. Both manual and oral apraxia were related to increasing severity of stroke. Oral apraxia was...
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articulatory dyspraxia, and in the United States the usual term is childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Key problems include: Difficulties controlling the speech...
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structural abnormalities, such as cleft palate and must not be confused with apraxia of speech, which refers to problems in the planning and programming aspect...
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tongue and mouth to produce speech. Expressive aphasia also differs from apraxia of speech, which is a motor disorder characterized by an inability to create...
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impairment extends to the domains of language (aphasia), skilled movements (apraxia), and recognition (agnosia), and functions such as decision-making and...
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dysarthria (motor speech disorder resulting from neurological injury) apraxia (altered voluntary movements) visual field defect memory deficits (involvement...
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the brain. Disconnection syndrome can also lead to aphasia, left-sided apraxia, and tactile aphasia, among other symptoms. Other types of disconnection...
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following overlapping categories: Brain: Brain dysfunction according to type: Apraxia (patterns or sequences of movements) Agnosia (identifying things or people)...
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sustained during the injury, amnesia and aphasia may become permanent, and apraxia has been documented in patients. Amnesia is a condition in which a person...
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