Iterative dysarthria is a speech disorder which bears some resemblance to stuttering. It is commonly found in Parkinson's disease but has so far received little attention to. We report the case of a 67 year old female parkinsonian patient with a severe dysarthria of the iterative type. The characteristic features of iterative dysarthria are described and the relevant literature is reviewed.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Enhancing Dysarthric Voice Conversion with Fuzzy Expectation Maximization in Diffusion Models for Phoneme Prediction.
Diagnostics (Basel)
November 2024
College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402202, Taiwan.
Dysarthria, a motor speech disorder caused by neurological damage, significantly hampers speech intelligibility, creating communication barriers for affected individuals. Voice conversion (VC) systems have been developed to address this, yet accurately predicting phonemes in dysarthric speech remains a challenge due to its variability. This study proposes a novel approach that integrates Fuzzy Expectation Maximization (FEM) with diffusion models for enhanced phoneme prediction, aiming to improve the quality of dysarthric voice conversion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical Insights Into the Use of Speech Amplification Devices for Managing Hypophonia: Interviews With Speech-Language Pathologists.
Am J Speech Lang Pathol
July 2024
Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo, NY.
Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative interview study was to identify themes regarding considerations in the usage of speech amplification device usage for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and hypophonia from the perspective of speech-language pathologists (SLPs).
Method: Eligible participants included SLPs currently practicing in the United States or Canada with experience working with clients with PD for at least 2 years. Ten SLPs participated in 60-min interviews conducted via Zoom.
Communication partner training for student health and social care professionals engaging with people with stroke acquired communication difficulties: A protocol for a realist review.
HRB Open Res
April 2024
School of Health Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland.
Background: Stroke acquired communication impairments impede effective communication. Consequently, in stroke care, communicative interactions can be challenging for both patients and staff and can predispose patients to increased risk of preventable adverse events. Communication partner training (CPT) can mitigate such negative outcomes by optimising communicative interactions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPark Play: a picture description task for assessing childhood motor speech disorders.
Int J Speech Lang Pathol
August 2014
Northeastern University, Boston, MA , USA.
The purpose of this study was to develop a picture description task for eliciting connected speech from children with motor speech disorders. The Park Play scene is a child-friendly picture description task aimed at augmenting current assessment protocols for childhood motor speech disorders. The design process included a literature review to: (1) establish optimal design features for child assessment, (2) identify a set of evidence-based speech targets specifically tailored to tax the motor speech system, and (3) enhance current assessment tools.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffect of verb network strengthening treatment in moderate-to-severe aphasia.
Am J Speech Lang Pathol
May 2011
The University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Purpose: This Phase II treatment study examined the effect of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) on individuals with moderate-to-severe aphasia. Research questions addressed (a) pre- to posttreatment changes and pretreatment to treatment phase changes on probe sentences containing trained verbs (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!