[Neurologopedic treatment in dysarthria cases. Diagnosis and therapy].

INTRODUCTION

The article is devoted to the problems of diagnosis and neurologopedic therapy of hospitalized persons suffering from dysarthria.

MATERIAL AND

METHODS

The research presented in the article was conducted on a group of 49 patients (people aged 18-95, including 26 men and 23 women) who were diagnosed and underwent logopedic therapy in the department of Neurological Rehabilitation in the Independent Public Teaching Hospital no 4 in lublin in 2014. In the neurologopedic diagnostics the following methods were used: the analysis of the medical record (information cards containing medical diagnosis, mriri, ct head scanning, eeg ), clinical interview and clinical observations, The Robertson Dysarthria Profile, Dysarthria Scale by mirecka and gustaw, scale of deficiency depth, w. Łucki's package of tests to examine cognitive processes in the patients with brain damages, tests to examine aphasia by j. Szumska, tests to examine aphasia by m. Szepietowska and h. Misztal, author's questionnaire to examine dysarthria and aphasia, experimental tests to examine pragnosia and dysphagia.

RESULTS

In the group of 49 patients dysarthria was diagnosed among 22 persons as the only speech disorder and in the group of 27 patients other speech disorders (aphasia, pragnosia, interpersonal communication disorders) co-occurred with dysarthria. Dysphagia was diagnosed among 21 patients.

CONCLUSIONS

Neurologopedic diagnostics and therapy of the dysarthric patients should constitute an integral part of the complex improving treatment (in addition to medical, rehabilitation and psychological procedures).