What describes the disorder where muscle signals for speech are not efficiently received?

The disorder characterized by inefficient reception of muscle signals for speech is dysarthria. Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder that occurs when the muscles responsible for speech production are weak or not controlled effectively. This may result from conditions affecting the nervous system, leading to difficulty in articulating words, controlling the pitch, tone, and volume of speech. Individuals with dysarthria may understand language well and have intact cognitive skills but struggle to produce clear speech due to the underlying motor difficulties.

Conversely, dyspraxia relates to issues with planning and executing movements rather than the reception of muscle signals. Pragmatics refers to the social use of language and understanding context in communication, and semantics pertains to the meaning of words and sentences. While these concepts are important in the broader field of communication disorders, they do not specifically address the inefficiency in muscle signals required for speech production like dysarthria does.