title: Dysprosody nonassociated with neurological diseases--a case report.
abstract: Dysprosody also known as pseudo-foreign dialect, is the rarest neurological speech disorder. It is characterized by alterations in intensity, in the timing of utterance segments, and in rhythm, cadency, and intonation of words. The terms refers to changes as to duration, fundamental frequency, and intensity of tonic and atonic syllables of the sentences spoken, which deprive an individual's particular speech of its characteristics. The cause of this disease is usually associated with neurological pathologies such as brain vascular accidents, cranioencephalic traumatisms, and brain tumors. The authors report a case of dysprosody attended to at the Núcleo de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço de São Paulo (NOSP). It is about a female patient with bilateral III degree Reinke's edema and normal neurological examinations that started presenting characteristics of the German dialect following a larynx microsurgery.
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço de São Paulo, Sau Paulo, Brazil. japorl@uol.com.br
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Renato José
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Corso
authors.forename: Ana Cláudia Rocha
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Guilherme
authors.forename: Sílvia Rebelo
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pinho
authors.forename: Monica de Oliveira
authors.initials: Mde O
authors.lastname: Nóbrega
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007819:Laryngeal Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D007830:Larynx / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000009:adverse effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013068:Speech Production Measurement