Effect of linguistic context on the perception of consonants in Parkinsonian Read French speech.

We examined the effect of linguistic factors on the perceptual identification of intervocalic consonants produced by speakers with Parkinson's Diseases (PD). To neutralize the effect of preceding and following contexts, all the intervocalic consonants were excised with half the preceding and following vowels.We recorded 10 PD and 10 healthy speakers reading a text.

[The effect of time-compressed speech on the perception of ataxic dysarthria: a report of two cases].

Aim: In cerebellar dysarthria, the lack of precision in the articulatory motions leads to a temporal dysregulation with a decreased rate of speech. That is, our hypothesis is that the signal distortions are linked to the slowness of speech and that the acceleration of the rate improves the intelligibility of speech.

Patients And Method: Two patients with a cerebellar pathology and an ataxic dysarthria participated in the present study.

Final lengthening in Parkinsonian French speech: effects of position in phrase on the duration of CV syllables and speech segments.

This study had two objectives. The first was to analyse the impact of Parkinson's disease (PD) on the duration of CV syllables and their components in different positions within phrases in French; the second was to examine the distribution of final lengthening (FL) on syllable sub-components. Two main tendencies emerged: (1) PD patients produced normal FL, and (2) FL influenced vowels more than consonants.

Segmental duration in Parkinsonian French speech.

Objectives: The present study had 2 main objectives: (1) examine the effect of Parkinson's disease (PD) on vowel and consonant duration in French read speech and (2) investigate whether the durational contrasts of consonants and vowels are maintained or compromised.

Results: The data indicated that the consonant durations were shortened in Parkinsonian speech (PS), compared to control speech (CS). However, this shortening was consonant dependent: unvoiced occlusives and fricatives were significantly shortened compared to other consonant categories.