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Karoline Weber dos Santos1, Bruno Francisco de Fraga1, Maria Cristina de Almeida Freitas Cardoso1
1Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to report the case of a patient with Fahr's Disease in order to describe the main stomatognathic and vocal changes that can be found in individuals with this disease. In order to establish the diagnosis, an assessment of the conditions of orofacial motor system and speech production, as well the efficiency of swallowing, was realized. Based on these assessments, there were difficulties in coordinating and sustaining muscle during speech and presence of oropharyngeal dysphagia. Speech disorders found in Fahr's disease manifest themselves in complex and cover various aspects of phonological knowledge and the diseases that affect the basal ganglia have similar frames of speech-language disorders of the stomatognathic system, being able to present a picture of dysarthria.
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