| Instrument | Task | Level | Method |
| Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment
(Enderby, 1983). Austin: Pro-Ed |
Take a deep breath & let it out as audibly & slowly as possible | ||
| Count to 20 on one breath | |||
| Dysarthria Profile
(Robertson, 1982) Tuscon: Communication Skill Builders |
Resting breathing | ||
| Short conversation (observe deepness, rate, speaking on exhalation, inhalation, stridor) | |||
| Sustain /s/ | |||
| Crescendo /s/ | |||
| Diminuendo /s/ | |||
| Series of short /s/ | |||
| Sigh | |||
| Dysarthria Examination Battery
(Drummond, 1993). Tuscon: Communication Skill Builders. |
Resting Breathing | ||
| Vital capacity | |||
| MPT | |||
| s:z ratio | |||
| Words per exhalation (counting & Grandfather Passage) |
| Instrument | Task | Level | Method |
| Frenchay | MPT | ||
| Sing a scale | |||
| Volume (count to 5 increasing volume on each number) | |||
| Quality during connected speech | |||
| Dysarthria Profile | Short /a/ | ||
| MPT | |||
| /a/ very loud | |||
| Crescendo /a/ | |||
| Diminuendo /a/ | |||
| Series of short /a/ | |||
| Raise & lower pitch in steps /a/ | |||
| Glide pitch up & down /a/ | |||
| Quality during connected speech | |||
|
Dysarthria Examination Battery |
Fundamental frequency and intensity of habitual /a/ | ||
| Fo range on /a/ (also obtain optimal pitch) | |||
| Intensity range & optimal loudness | |||
| Quality during connected speech |
| Instrument | Task | Level | Method |
| Frenchay | Report or observation of food coming out of the nose | ||
| Observe velar elevation during a series of /a/'s | |||
| Note nasal resonance & emission during /may pay/ & /nay bay/ | |||
| Dysarthria Profile | Observation of velum at rest | ||
| Observe velar elevation during a single /a/ | |||
| Observe velar elevation during a series of /a/'s | |||
| Dysarthria Examination Battery | Observe velar elevation during a series of /a/'s | ||
| Note nasal resonance & emission with a nasal mirror during /may pay/ (each nostril separately) | |||
| Perceptual judgement of nasality during /may pay/ | |||
| Palatal and pharyngeal reflexes |
| Instrument | Task | Level | Method |
| Frenchay | Observe lips, jaw & tongue at rest | ||
| ROM during smile | |||
| Blow air into cheeks & hold for 15 seconds | |||
| repeat /p/ 10 times | |||
| repeat "oo ee" 10 times | |||
| Observe lip, jaw, & tongue movement during speech | |||
| Protrude & retract tongue 5 times | |||
| Point tongue towards nose and then chin, 5 times | |||
| Move tongue from side to side 5 times | |||
| "ka la" 10 times as quickly as possible | |||
| Dysarthria Profile | Facial symmetry | ||
| Dysarthria Profile | Broad smile (lip ROM) | ||
| Purse, stretch lips | |||
| Close lips for a count of 5 | |||
| "My mother made an apple and blackberry pie" | |||
| Open & close mouth slowly 3 times | |||
| Move lower jaw to right & left | |||
|
Dysarthria Profile |
Observe tongue at rest | ||
| Tongue protrusion | |||
| Tongue retraction | |||
| Tongue to right and left | |||
| Pass tongue over teeth | |||
| Put tongue into right & left cheek | |||
| Open mouth and put tongue against back of teeth | |||
| Curl tongue towards nose | |||
| Repetition of single words and phrases | |||
| Dysarthria Examination Battery | "oo-ee" five times | ||
| /p/ five times | |||
| Open jaw as far as possible and then close (palpate TMJ) | |||
| Tongue protrusion & retraction 5 times | |||
| Tongue elevation & depression 5 times | |||
| Tongue lateralization 5 times | |||
| /ka ta/ 5 times | |||
| Tongue resistance against tongue blade |
| Instrument | Task | Level | Method |
| Frenchay | Single words (blind) | ||
| Sentences (blind) | |||
| Conversation | |||
| Dysarthria Profile | Reading aloud (SLP, friend, stranger) | ||
| spontaneous speech (SLP, friend, stranger) | |||
| Dysarthria Examination Battery | 10 single words (blind) | ||
| 12 sentences (blind) |
| Instrument | Task | Level | Method |
| Frenchay | Rate (words per minute) | ||
| Dysarthria Profile | Months of the year (comfortable and fast rate) | ||
| Short conversation (rate and rhythm) | |||
| Vary stress in sentences (imitation) | |||
|
Dysarthria Examination Battery |
Reading rate | ||
| Perceptual judgements during reading and spontaneous speech | |||
| Average sentence duration and average sentence Fo range |
| Instrument | Task | Level | Method |
| Frenchay | Reflexes (cough, swallow, reported or noted drooling) | ||
| Influencing factors (hearing, sight, teeth, language, mood, posture, sensation) | |||
| Dysarthria Profile | speech and nonspeech DDK (in addition to oral mech exam) | ||
| Reflexes (chewing & swallowing, cough) | |||
| Dysarthria Examination Battery | Oral sensitivity to tactile stimulation |