Clinical Cases in Dysarthria

Margaret Walshe is Associate Professor in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She is also a speech and language therapist with extensive experience in dysarthria and related disorders. Her current research is focused on the amalgamation of evidence for intervention approaches in speech and swallowing disorders associated with acquired neurodegenerative disease. Nick Miller is Emeritus Professor of Motor Speech Disorders at the University of Newcastle, UK. His internationally acclaimed research has been based on single case and small group studies through to large-scale investigatory and experimental approaches, qualitative as well as quantitative methods. He continues to be an active researcher, with particular emphasis on apraxia of speech, dysarthria and functional/psychogenic speech disorders.

"'What do I need to do to make a difference?' might be our most important and frequently asked question as clinicians. In this insightful and accessible presentation of Clinical Cases in Dysarthria, well-known authors and editors Margaret Walshe and Nick Miller describe, together with invited authors, a number of relevant and informative case examples, cases that reveal the depth and complexity of the communication problems faced by individuals with dysarthria and their clinicians. And they do it with the passion to make a difference. Walshe and Miller provide us with an opportunity to learn from individuals and to thereby find principles to apply in other cases. We gain new perspectives, rather than just solving problems." -- Professor Lena Hartelius, Department of Health and Rehabilitation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

• 1. Dysarthria: Setting the Scene 2. A Trip Up the Garden Path: Functional Speech Disorders 3. Dysarthria Associated with Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy and COVID-19 4. Case Report on Speech Treatment of a Young Adult with Down Syndrome 5. Be Clear, an Intensive Treatment for Non-Progressive Dysarthria: A Case Report 6. Be Clear Online – A Telepractice Application for Dysarthria Rehabilitation 7. Looking Beyond the Impairment: The Psychosocial Impact of Dysarthria on the Speaker 8. Saving Lost Voices: A Toolkit for Preserving Communicative Identity 9. A Better Conversations Approach for People Living with Dysarthria 10. Concluding Thoughts