Dysarthria

The book offered to readers is dedicated to dysarthria - one of the most common speech disorders in children and adults. This disorder is associated with focal brain lesions. The beginning of the book provides various classifications of dysarthria forms, gives its working definition. Further, the anatomy and physiology of speech, the regularities of its development, and phonetic norms are considered. A comparative characteristic of clinical forms is proposed: bulbar, pseudobulbar, extrapyramidal, cerebellar, cortical. The principles and practical methods of correctional-pedagogical work based on anatomy, neurophysiology, neuropathology, and psycholinguistics data are described. The author of the book is Doctor of Medical Sciences E.N. Vinarskaya, whose works on psychophysiology, neurolinguistics, logopedics are known worldwide. The book is recommended for speech therapists, defectologists of all specialties, psychologists, linguists, neurologists, students of defectological and psychological faculties.