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Client opens eyes, answers questions, and falls back asleep. |
Lethargy |
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Client opens eyes to loud voice, responds slow- ly with confusion, and seems unaware of environment. |
Obtunded |
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Client awakens to vigorous shake or painful stimuli but returns to unresponsive sleep |
stupor |
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client remains unresponsive to all stimuli; eyes stay closed |
coma |
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voice volume disorder caused by laryngeal disorders or impairment of cranial nerve X (vagus nerve). |
dysphonia |
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irregular, uncoordinated speech caused by multiple sclerosis. |
cerebral dysarthria |
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defect in muscular control of speech (e.g., slurring) related to lesions of the nervous system, Parkinson’s disease, or cerebellar disease. |
dysarthria |
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difficulty producing or understanding language, caused by motor lesions in the dominant cerebral hemisphere. |
aphasia |
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rapid speech that lacks meaning, caused by a lesion in the posterior superior temporal lobe. |
Wernicke’s aphasia |
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slowed speech with difficult articulation, but fairly clear meaning, caused by a lesion in the posterior inferior frontal lobe. |
Broca's aphasia |
