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 …

Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease involving a
progressive alteration of the motor and non-motor function. PD influences the patient's daily …

Hypomimia and voice changes are soft signs preceding classical motor disability in patients
with Parkinson's disease (PD). We aim to investigate whether an analysis of acoustic and …

Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience rhythm disorders in a number of motor
tasks, such as (i) oral diadochokinesis,(ii) finger tapping, and (iii) gait. These common motor …

The phonology of prosody has received little attention in studies of motor speech disorders.
The present study investigates the phonology of intonation (nuclear contours) and speech …

Background: Dysarthria in neurological disorders can have psychosocial consequences.
The dysarthric speaker's perspective towards the disorder's psychosocial impact is essential …

Background: Speech intelligibility and speech comprehension for dysarthric speech has
attracted much attention recently. Dysarthria is characterized by irregularities in the speed …

The potential of speech as a non-invasive biomarker to assess a speaker's health has been
repeatedly supported by the results of multiple works, for both physical and psychological …

Purpose In Parkinson's disease (PD), there are significant changes in the basal ganglia, a
structure known to be important for controlling automatic responses to cues. Changes to the …

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neuro-degenerative disorder that affects primarily the motor
system of the body. Besides other functions, the subject's speech also deteriorates during …