Publications by authors named "Maiara Lais Mallmann Kieling"
Purpose: To compare the speech and voice patterns of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients over four years, and correlate the results with clinical aspects of the disease.
Methods: Data was collected for 4 years. The clinical assessment tools included the Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis (QMG) score, the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) clinical classification, and the Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life 15-item Scale (MG-QoL).
Background: Dysarthria is one of the most frequent communication disorders in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), with an estimated prevalence of around 50%. However, it is unclear if there is a relationship between dysarthria and the severity or duration of the disease.
Objective: Describe the speech pattern in MS, correlate with clinical data, and compare with controls.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how speech is affected in patients with disorders of the basal ganglia (like Parkinson's disease) compared to those with cerebellar disorders (like spinocerebellar ataxia type 3).
- It includes 20 patients with Parkinson's, 20 with SCA3, and 40 healthy controls, analyzing their speech through specific tasks.
- Results show that SCA3 patients produced fewer syllables in monologs compared to controls, while PD patients had even lower syllable counts and phonation times, indicating that monolog tasks can effectively differentiate between these conditions and correlate with disease severity.