1 |
AOS - primary distinguishing featuresa
(no overlap with dysarthria or aphasia). One or more must be present for diagnosis of AOS.
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Score (0–4) |
1.1 |
Distorted sound substitutions |
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1.2 |
Distorted sound additions (not including intrusive schwa) |
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1.3 |
Increased sound distortions or distorted sound substitutions with increased utterance length or increased syllable/word articulatory complexity |
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1.4 |
Increased sound distortions or distorted sound substitutions with increased speech rate |
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1.5 |
Inaccurate (off-target in place or manner) speech AMR’s (alternating motion rates, as in rapid repetition of “puhpuhpuh”) |
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1.6 |
Reduced words per breath group relative to maximum vowel duration |
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2 |
Distinguishing features unless dysarthria presentb
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Score (0–4) |
2.1 |
Syllable segmentation within words > 1 syllable |
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2.2 |
Syllable segmentation across words in phrases/sentences |
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2.3 |
Sound distortions |
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2.4 |
Slow overall speech rate |
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2.5 |
Lengthened vowel &/or consonant segments |
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2.6 |
Lengthened intersegment durations (between sounds, syllables, words, or phrases; possibly filled, including intrusive schwa) |
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3 |
Distinguishing features unless aphasia presentc
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Score (0–4) |
3.1 |
Deliberate, slowly sequenced, segmented,&/or distorted (including distorted substitutions) speech SMRs in comparison to speech AMRs |
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3.2 |
Audible or visible articulatory groping; speech initiation difficulty; false starts/restarts |
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4 |
Distinguishing features unless dysarthria &/or aphasia presentd
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Score (0–4) |
4.1 |
Sound or syllable repetitions |
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4.2 |
Sound prolongations (beyond lengthened segments) |
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