Speech Disorders In World War II: III. Dysarthria

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At the McGuire General Hospital, Richmond, Va., 25.31% of all patients studied with speech defects had dysarthria. 100 soldiers have thus far been observed with this complaint. 69% of the cases representing lesions of the peripheral nervous system. Of the latter, 86.95% were due to pathology involving the facial nerve. When symptoms are due to supra-tentorial lesion, disorders of articulation are usually associated with other neurological signs. Rehabilitation is usually indicated in those cases with central nervous system involvement, but only occasionally in peripheral lesion. Return to duty is usually possible in most cases of dysarthria in absence of other disqualifying neurological residuals.

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