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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Neurol. 2013 Sep 19;21(3):368–376. doi: 10.1111/ene.12271

Table 2.

Motor speech characteristics

Patient Intelligibility
Impairment
Strained
Voice
Quality
Slow rate Monopitch-
Monoloudness
Hypernasality Articulatory
Imprecision
Slow
Regular
AMRS
Other
1 moderate marked marked marked-severe marked marked short phrases
2 marked marked marked mild mild moderate mild reduced loudness
3 mild moderate-marked marked marked mild-moderate marked excess equal stress, reduced loudness
4 normal mild mild mild-moderate minimal minimal moderate
5 moderate marked marked marked-severe mild-moderate marked-severe moderate-marked short phrases
6 mild mild-moderate moderate mild mild-moderate mild
7 normal moderate mild-moderate moderate moderate mild reduced loudness
8 mild moderate mild-moderate mild-moderate mild mild irregular articulatory breakdown
9 mild-moderate moderate-marked moderate moderate mild mild-moderate moderate apraxia of speech
10 normal minimal moderate moderate mild-moderate mild moderate excess, equal stress, apraxia of speech
11 marked marked marked-severe marked marked marked apraxia of speech
12 normal mild mild mild mild mild-moderate
13 mild marked-severe marked marked minimal marked
14 severe marked-severe severe severe severe mild-moderate
15 mild moderate mild moderate moderate mild-moderate moderate
16 normal minimal mild-moderate moderate mild-moderate moderate excess, equal stress
17 moderate marked marked marked marked marked
18 severe marked severe severe severe moderate-marked
19 mild mild minimal minimal mild-moderate mild
20 moderate marked-severe severe marked-severe marked-severe marked marked
21 normal moderate mild-moderate mild-moderate mild mild moderate-marked
22 normal moderate moderate moderate mild-moderate minimal mild-moderate
23 severe marked-severe marked-severe severe marked-severe severe marked-severe
24 mild moderate mild mild mild reduced loudness
25 moderate moderate moderate-marked marked marked-severe moderate-marked moderate