Background: Patients with Parkinson's disease face numerous access barriers to speech
pathology services for appropriate assessment and treatment. Telerehabilitation is a …

Disabled speech is not compatible with modern generative and acoustic-only models of
speech recognition (ASR). This work considers the use of theoretical and empirical …

Purpose Speaking, which naturally occurs in different modes or “tasks” such as conversation
and repetition, relies on intact basal ganglia nuclei. Recent studies suggest that voice and …

This paper analyses consonant articulation errors in dysarthric speech produced by seven
American-English native speakers with cerebral palsy. Twenty-three consonant phonemes …

The aims of this study were to:(1) evaluate the perceptual speech dimensions, speech
intelligibility and dysarthria severity of a group of individuals diagnosed with Friedreich's …

Background: Previous studies have suggested that visual augmented feedback provided by
electromagnetic articulography (EMA) helps persons with apraxia of speech (AOS) recover …

Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) improves the motor difficulties
experienced by patients with Parkinson's disease (PD); however, the effects on speech are …

Background: Although persons with aphasia typically have difficulty with the production of
language at the level of discourse, there is a paucity of reliable measurement systems to …

Background: Acquired apraxia of speech (AOS) has been shown to be responsive to
behavioural intervention. Although numerous treatments for AOS have been developed …

Background: Hypernasality is a common feature of non-progressive dysarthria. However,
limited research has investigated the effectiveness of treatments for this impairment …