Hypokinetic dysarthria (HD) occurs in 90% of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. It manifests
specifically in the areas of articulation, phonation, prosody, speech fluency, and faciokinesis …

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Background The mechanisms underlying speech abnormalities in Parkinson's disease (PD)
remain poorly understood, with most of the available evidence based on male patients. This …

Introduction Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by specific voice disorders
collectively termed hypokinetic dysarthria. We here investigated voice changes by using …

The purpose of this study was to:(1) define perceptual speech characteristics of idiopathic
Parkinson disease (IPD) across 35 speech dimensions adapted from Darley et al.[19] and …

The neurologic mechanisms underlying speech and voice disorders in individuals with
idiopathic Parkinson disease (IPD) are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to …

Despite the initial reports showing beneficial effects of dopaminergic treatment on speech in
Parkinson's disease (PD), more recent studies based upon valid measurements have not …

Although speech disorders represent an early and common manifestation of Parkinson's
disease (PD), little is known about their progression and relationship to dopaminergic …

One of the frequent signs of Parkinson's disease (PD) is the presence of a progressive
hypokinetic dysarthria. Numerous studies have since documented speech motor …

According to the US National Institutes of Health, approximately 500,000 Americans have
Parkinson′ s disease (PD), with roughly another 50,000 receiving new diagnoses each …