Purpose The impact of clear speech, increased vocal intensity, and rate reduction on
acoustic characteristics of vowels was compared in speakers with Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Abstract Background/purpose Individuals with Parkinson disease (PD) often exhibit
decreased range of movement secondary to the disease process, which has been shown to …

Purpose The authors investigated how different variants of clear speech affect segmental
and suprasegmental acoustic measures of speech in speakers with Parkinson's disease and …

Background and objective A decrease of swallowing muscle strength causes dysphagia,
and a relationship between swallowing muscle strength and appendicular muscle mass has …

Purpose: The current investigation examined the relationship between perceptual ratings of
speech clarity and acoustic measures of speech production. Included among the acoustic …

This study compared the acoustic properties of 26 (100% female, 100% monolingual)
Danish caregivers' spontaneous speech addressed to their 11‐to 24‐month‐old infants …

Purpose Patients with voice problems commonly report increased vocal effort, regardless of
the underlying pathophysiology. Previous studies investigating vocal effort and voice …

Purpose A 5-session twice-weekly clear speech protocol with daily home practice was
developed to enable Spanish-accented speakers of English to code-switch for increased …

Purpose This preliminary study on lingual–alveolar contact pressures (LACP) in people with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) had several aims:(a) to evaluate whether the protocol …

Objectives This study aimed to clarify the relationship between oral function and life‐space
mobility or social networks in order to explore approaches that prevent a decline in oral …