.... We compared the distributions of pathological findings with the clinical features. The main symptom of speech disorder was dysarthria, involving low pitch, slow rate, hypernasality and hoarseness. Other than these findings, effortful speech, sound prolongation and initial difficulty were observed...

...M. Van der Graaff; T. Kuiper; A. Zwinderman; B. Van de Warrenburg; P. Poels; A. Offeringa; A. Van der Kooi; H. Speelman; M. De Visser Background: Classification of dysarthria types comprises flaccid, spastic, ataxic, hypo- and hyperkinetic and mixed dysarthria. This study focussed on the ability...