Parkinson's Disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor symptoms
such as resting tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity and freezing of gait. The most common …

Research confirms the long-standing clinical observation that patients with dysarthria exhibit
variability in speech rate. Thus, modifying speech rate has been documented as one of the …

Objective: We examined whether perceived voice quality is altered in a group of children
with cerebral palsy (CP) following an intervention focusing on respiration and phonation …

Purpose: Parkinson's disease (PD) results in hypokinetic dysarthria in as many as 90% of
cases. Among the most distinctive features of hypokinetic dysarthria are atypical timing and …

Dysarthria is a common form of speech impairment, affecting 20–50% of stroke patients and
10–60% of traumatic brain injury patients (Sellars, Hughes, & Langhorne, 2002). Very little …

In rhythmic speech cueing (RSC), speech rate control via auditory rhythm is used to improve
temporal characteristics such as fluency, articulatory rate, pause time, and intelligibility of …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to quantify changes in acoustic distinctiveness in two
groups of talkers with Parkinson's disease as they modify across a wide range of speaking …

Purpose: This study aimed to (a) relate temporal patterning of articulation to functional
speech outcomes in neurologically healthy and impaired speakers,(b) identify changes in …

Purpose This study examined the effect of alphabet supplementation (AS) on temporal and
spectral features of speech production in individuals with cerebral palsy and dysarthria …

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) recognizes that
disability arises from the interaction between an individual with a medical condition and the …