Stroke-induced and progressive forms of apraxia of speech

Differences correlated with style of speech event

Authors

  • Chris Code University of Exeter
  • Jeremy Tree Swansea University
  • Martin J. Ball Bangor University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jircd.19782

Keywords:

speech style, stroke-induced apraxia of speech, progressive apraxia of speech, aphasia

Abstract

Background: Stylistic differences in language use, as described by sociolinguists, have also been shown to occur in disordered speech and language. In this article, we describe apraxia of speech, and compare stroke-induced and progressive forms of this neurogenic disorder.

Method: Audio recordings were made of a client, CS, who had progressive apraxia of speech and progressive nonfluent aphasia. Information from control participants was also available, and use was made of published data from clients with stroke-induced apraxia of speech.

Results: A range of results are reported, but in particular the comparative difficulty of spontaneous connected speech as compared to reading or repetition for the client with progressive apraxia of speech. This differed from the findings of those with apraxia of speech from stroke, in that connected speech was much more difficult in the progressive form of the disorder.

Discussion/conclusion: We discuss the importance of obtaining a wide range of speech styles when collecting data from clients with a range of communication problems, and how – in the specific case of apraxia of speech – these style differences aid in analysis and diagnosis.

Author Biographies

  • Chris Code, University of Exeter

    Chris Code is Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology, Washington Singer Labs, University of Exeter, England. He is the Foundation Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Sydney and past Research Manager for Speakability, and is currently Speakability’s National Adviser on Aphasia. He is Patron of AphasiaNow. He is also co-founding Editor of the journal Aphasiology. His research interests include the cognitive neuroscience of language and speech, the psychosocial consequences of aphasia, recovery and treatment of aphasia, and number processing and apraxia.

  • Jeremy Tree, Swansea University

    Professor Jeremy Tree is the chair of neuropsychology at Swansea University’s School of Psychology. He has a long-standing interest in the consequences of brain damage on specific cognitive functions (cognitive neuropsychology) – in particular, disorders of reading (dyslexia), speech production (aphasia), memory (amnesia), and face processing (prosopagnosia). In each case, the work seeks to better illuminate the processing components of these specific functions in the normal population, on which he has published extensively. Jeremy is a Registered Chartered Psychologist (C. Psychol.), Fellow of the British Psychological Society (FBPsS), member of the Health Professionals Council, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).

  • Martin J. Ball, Bangor University

    Martin J. Ball is honorary professor of linguistics at Bangor University, Wales, having previously held positions in Wales, Ireland, the United States, and Sweden. He holds a PhD from the University of Wales, and a DLitt from Bangor University. He co-edits the journals Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics and Journal of Multilingual and Bilingual Speech, as well as book series for Multilingual Matters and Equinox Publishers. He has published widely in communication disorders, phonetics, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and Welsh linguistics. He is an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and a fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. He currently lives in Cork, Ireland.

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Code, C. ., Tree, J., & Ball, M. J. . (2022). Stroke-induced and progressive forms of apraxia of speech: Differences correlated with style of speech event. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 12(1), 77–96. https://doi.org/10.1558/jircd.19782