scanning speech

scanning speech
scanning speech n speech characterized by regularly recurring pauses between words or syllables

* * *

a disorder of articulation in which the syllables are inappropriately separated and equally stressed. It is caused by disease of the cerebellum or its connecting fibres in the brainstem.

* * *

1. slurring, monotonous speech sometimes seen in multiple sclerosis. 2. staccato s.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • scanning speech — noun : speech characterized by regularly recurring pauses between words or syllables * * * scanning speech noun (medicine) A speech disorder caused by cerebellar disease in which syllables are improperly separated and given equal stress • • •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • scanning speech — a disorder of articulation in which the syllables are inappropriately separated and equally stressed. It is caused by disease of the cerebellum or its connecting fibres in the brainstem …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • scanning — The act of imaging by traversing with an active or passive sensing device, often identified by the technology or device employed. transvaginal s. ultrasonography of the female pelvis with the transducer placed inside the …   Medical dictionary

  • Речь Скандированная (Scanning Speech) — расстройство артикуляции, характеризующееся значительным разделением слогов и выделением с помощью ударения каждого из них. Причиной такого расстройства обычно является какое либо заболевание мозжечка или связанных с ним соединительных волокон,… …   Медицинские термины

  • speech — Talk; the use of the voice in conveying ideas. [A.S. spaec] alaryngeal s. a form of s. achieved after laryngectomy by using either an external vibratory source or the pharyngoesophageal segment as an internal vibratory source. see also esophageal …   Medical dictionary

  • cerebellar speech — speech seen with cerebellar lesions, varying from jerky or scanning to explosive. See also scanning s. and explosive s …   Medical dictionary

  • РЕЧЬ СКАНДИРОВАННАЯ — (scanning speech) расстройство артикуляции, характеризующееся значительным разделением слогов и выделением с помощью ударения каждого из них. Причиной такого расстройства обычно является какое либо заболевание мозжечка или связанных с ним… …   Толковый словарь по медицине

  • nervous system disease — Introduction       any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… …   Universalium

  • Glossary of psychiatry — In this glossary of psychiatric terms, mostly Greek, secondly French and German and some English terms, as used in psychiatric literature, were defined. We have included many other terms with the passage of time and aim to broaden this article to …   Wikipedia

  • scan|ning — «SKAN ihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. close investigation or consideration; critical examination or judgment. 2. = scansion. (Cf. ↑scansion) 3. the process in which an electron beam scans the television picture area. 4. a method of detecting… …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”