Dysarthria vs. Dyspraxia — What's the Difference?

Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder resulting from neurological injury of the motor component of the motor–speech system and is characterized by poor articulation of phonemes. In other words, it is a condition in which problems effectively occur with the muscles that help produce speech, often making it very difficult to pronounce words.

A developmental disorder of the brain in childhood causing difficulty in activities requiring coordination and movement.

Difficulty in articulating words, caused by impairment of the muscles used in speech.

(medicine) A genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body for the planning of motor movements.

Difficulty in articulating words due to a disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech; one of the first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis, brought about by an autoimmune response to acetylcholine receptors.

Impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature