Effects of subthalamic stimulation on speech of consecutive patients with Parkinson disease

E Tripoliti, L Zrinzo, I Martinez-Torres, E Frost, S Pinto… - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) is an effective treatment
for advanced Parkinson disease (PD). Following STN-DBS, speech intelligibility can …

Treating disordered speech and voice in Parkinson's disease online: a randomized controlled non‐inferiority trial

G Constantinescu, D Theodoros… - … Journal of Language …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Telerehabilitation may be a feasible solution to the current problems faced by
people with Parkinson's disease in accessing speech pathology services. Aim: To …

A cognitive‐perceptual approach to conceptualizing speech intelligibility deficits and remediation practice in hypokinetic dysarthria

KL Lansford, JM Liss, JN Caviness… - Parkinson's …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Hypokinetic dysarthria is a common manifestation of Parkinson′ s disease, which
negatively influences quality of life. Behavioral techniques that aim to improve speech …

Living with acquired dysarthria: the speaker's perspective

M Walshe, N Miller - Disability and rehabilitation, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose. To explore the speaker's experience of living with acquired chronic dysarthria.
Method. Ten people with dysarthria and progressive neurological illness and one person …

Investigating interactional competencies in Parkinson's disease: the potential benefits of a conversation analytic approach

S Griffiths, R Barnes, N Britten… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Around 70% of people who develop Parkinson's disease (PD) experience
speech and voice changes. Clinicians often find that when asked about their primary …

Adapting acoustic and lexical models to dysarthric speech

KT Mengistu, F Rudzicz - 2011 IEEE International Conference …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder resulting from neurological damage to the part of the
brain that controls the physical production of speech. It is, in part, characterized by …

Effects of speaking task on intelligibility in Parkinson's disease

K Tjaden, G Wilding - Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Intelligibility tests for dysarthria typically provide an estimate of overall severity for speech
materials elicited through imitation or read from a printed script. The extent to which these …

Long‐term outcome of 32 patients with chorea and systemic lupus erythematosus or antiphospholipid antibodies

P Reiner, D Galanaud, G Leroux… - Movement …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: The aim of this work was to describe chorea during systemic lupus erythematosus
or antiphospholipid antibodies and its long‐term outcome. Methods: We retrospectively …

[PDF][PDF] Comparison of speech and aesthetic outcomes in patients with maxillary reconstruction versus maxillary obturators after maxillectomy

JM Rieger, JAL Tang, J Wolfaardt… - … -Head and Neck …, 2011 - researchgate.net
Background: Two options exist for restoring structure and function after maxillectomy.
Prosthodontic rehabilitation requires that an obturator be constructed to address the …

Comparing humans and automatic speech recognition systems in recognizing dysarthric speech

KT Mengistu, F Rudzicz - … on Artificial Intelligence, Canadian AI 2011, St …, 2011 - Springer
Speech is a complex process that requires control and coordination of articulation,
breathing, voicing, and prosody. Dysarthria is a manifestation of an inability to control and …