Apraxia vs. Dysarthria

Apraxianoun

(neurology) Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment; specifically, a disorder of motor planning.

Apraxianoun

inability to make purposeful movements, but without paralysis or loss of sensory function.

Apraxianoun

inability to make purposeful movements

Apraxianoun

inability to perform particular purposive actions, as a result of brain damage

Apraxia

Apraxia is a motor disorder caused by damage to the brain (specifically the posterior parietal cortex or corpus callosum) which causes difficulty with motor planning to perform tasks or movements. The nature of the damage determines the disorder's severity, and the absence of sensory loss or paralysis helps to explain the level of difficulty.

Dysarthrianoun

Difficulty in articulating words due to disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech. One of the first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis brought about by an auto-immune response to acetylcholine receptors.

Dysarthrianoun

impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature

Dysarthria

Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder resulting from neurological injury of the motor component of the motor–speech system and is characterized by poor articulation of phonemes. In other words, it is a condition in which problems effectively occur with the muscles that help produce speech, often making it very difficult to pronounce words.