Vocal tremor: novel therapeutic target for deep brain stimulation

VK Ravikumar, AL Ho, JJ Parker, E Erickson-DiRenzo… - Brain Sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
Tremulous voice is characteristically associated with essential tremor, and is referred to as
essential vocal tremor (EVT). Current estimates suggest that up to 40% of individuals …

Orofacial strength and voice quality as outcome of levodopa challenge test in Parkinson disease

JR Lechien, B Delsaut, A Abderrakib, K Huet… - The …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the usefulness of orofacial strength and voice quality as assessment of
response to levodopa challenge test (LCT) used in the diagnosis of early idiopathic …

Deep brain stimulation for treatment of voice disorders

MJ Hawkshaw, RT Sataloff - Journal of Voice, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Vocal tremor is a common, troublesome disorder that is difficult to treat.
Efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) was reported more than a decade ago. Most …

Vocalization development in common marmosets for neurodegenerative translational modeling

CA Jones, MK Duffy, SA Hoffman… - Neurological …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives In order to facilitate the study of vocalizations in emerging genetic common
marmoset models of neurodegenerative disorders, we aimed to analyze call-type changes …

The feasibility of using acoustic markers of speech for optimizing patient outcomes during randomized amplitude variation in deep brain stimulation: A proof of …

AP Vogel, HJ McDermott, T Perera, M Jones… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Background Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment for reducing symptoms of
tremor. A common and typically subjectively determined adverse effect of DBS is dysarthria …

Perceived Changes in Communication as an Effect of STN Surgery in Parkinson′ s Disease: A Qualitative Interview Study

E Ahlberg, K Laakso, L Hartelius - Parkinson's disease, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the present study was to explore four individuals′ perspective of the way their
speech and communication changed as a result of subthalamic nucleus deep brain …

Subthalamic deep brain stimulation with a new device in Parkinson's disease: an open-label trial

H Liu, Y Ma, K Zhang, M Ge, F Meng, T Feng… - … : Technology at the …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of subthalamic nucleus deep brain
stimulation (STN-DBS) with a new stimulator (Beijing PINS Medical Co., Ltd, PNS 1101) in …

Prosódia e transtornos da linguagem: levantamento das publicações em periódicos indexados entre 1979 e 2009

LW Lopes, ILB Lima - Revista Cefac, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Este estudo tem como tema a relação entre a prosódia e os transtornos da linguagem,
sendo esta relação investigada a partir do levantamento das publicações indexadas em …

Voice acoustic changes during bilateral subthalamic stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease

I Valálik, G Smehák, L Bognár, A Csókay - Clinical neurology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of bilateral
subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on the phonation of patients with Parkinson's …

Voice tremor outcomes of subthalamic nucleus and zona incerta deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson disease

F Karlsson, E Malinova, K Olofsson, P Blomstedt… - Journal of Voice, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives We aimed to study the effect of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the subthalamic
nucleus (STN) and caudal zona incerta (cZi) on level of perceived voice tremor in patients …