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Focal cranial dystonia.

L A Golper, J G Nutt, M T Rau

The Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders

|May 1, 1983

Summary

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Focal cranial dystonias, including blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia (Meige's syndrome), affect facial muscles. Intensive speech therapy showed negligible effects for one patient with this neurological condition.

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Area of Science:

Neurology
Speech-Language Pathology

Background:

Focal cranial dystonias, such as blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia (Meige's syndrome), are increasingly recognized neurological conditions.
These syndromes typically manifest as isolated, idiopathic dystonias affecting facial or oromandibular muscles.
Patients may be referred to speech pathologists for management.

Purpose of the Study:

To present findings from a group of 10 patients diagnosed with focal cranial dystonias.
To describe the impact of an intensive speech management program on one affected subject.

Main Methods:

Case series presentation of 10 patients with focal cranial dystonias.
Detailed description of an intensive speech management program applied to one patient.

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Main Results:

The study presents findings from 10 patients diagnosed with focal cranial dystonias.
An intensive speech management program demonstrated negligible effects for the single subject treated.

Conclusions:

Focal cranial dystonias are a recognized neurological entity affecting facial musculature.
Current intensive speech management approaches appear to have limited efficacy for this condition.