Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment

Abstract

Summary This paper describes the necessity for, and the development of an assessment for dysarthria. The short easy assessment described has been found to have acceptable inter‐rater reliability, even between Speech Therapists who have not been trained to use the test. The clinical value of the test has been proven with its use with more than a hundred patients. However, there are several areas that point to the necessity of further research.

Changes induced by levodopa and subthalamic nucleus stimulation on parkinsonian speech

“…Alternative perceptual scales 36,59,60 may be used to allow a more accurate description of the presenting dysarthria, including the examination of individual speech subsystems. 61,62 Second, self-evaluation of patients' speech must be taken into account, since the patient's perception of voice seems to reveal more details that can be heard by the clinician. Third, acoustic recording might be a helpful tool to assess changes of phonatory and respiratory subcomponents of speech following treatment.…”

Kinematic analysis of articulatory coupling in acquired apraxia of speech post-stroke

“…To determine each participant's speech pathology diagnosis at the time of assessment, the Apraxia Battery for Adults-Second Edition (sections 1-5; ABA-2) [30], the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination-Third Edition (Short Form; BDAE-3) [31] and the Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment (tongue section only; FDA) [32] were administered. Each participant's assessment results are presented in Table II.…”

An EMA analysis of the effect of increasing word length on consonant production in apraxia of speech: A case study

“…The MWIT was administered by a speech pathologist in accordance with the instructions outlined in Kent et al's (1989) article and overall intelligibility was analysed. Likewise, the tongue component of the FDA was administered by a Speech Pathologist in accordance with the procedures outlined in the FDA testing manual (Enderby, 1983).…”

“…A speech sample analysis, the Multiple Word Intelligibility Test (MWIT; Kent, Weismer, Kent, & Rosenbek, 1989), and the Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment (FDA; Enderby, 1983) were administered to all participants. To obtain the speech sample, participants were instructed to read ''The Grandfather Passage'' (Darley, Aronson, & Brown, 1975) at their usual speaking rate and volume.…”