Loudness perception and speech intensity control in Parkinson's disease

JP Clark, SG Adams, AD Dykstra, S Moodie… - Journal of communication …, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to examine loudness perception in individuals with hypophonia
and Parkinson's disease. The participants included 17 individuals with hypophonia related …

The effect of background noise on intelligibility of dysphonic speech

K Ishikawa, S Boyce, L Kelchner, MG Powell… - Journal of Speech …, 2017 - ASHA
Purpose The aim of this study is to determine the effect of background noise on the
intelligibility of dysphonic speech and to examine the relationship between intelligibility in …

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 …

Visual analog scale ratings and orthographic transcription measures of sentence intelligibility in Parkinson's disease with variable listener exposure

D Abur, NM Enos, CE Stepp - American Journal of Speech-Language …, 2019 - ASHA
Purpose While orthographic transcription (OT) is the gold standard for measures of
intelligibility, it is relatively inaccessible to clinicians. This study investigates the relationship …

Acoustics of clear and noise-adapted speech in children, young, and older adults

R Smiljanic, RC Gilbert - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing …, 2017 - ASHA
Purpose This study investigated acoustic–phonetic modifications produced in noise-adapted
speech (NAS) and clear speech (CS) by children, young adults, and older adults. Method …

Speech amplification device usage for the management of hypophonia: A survey of speech-language pathologists

K Gates, T Knowles, H Mach, J Higginbotham… - American Journal of …, 2024 - ASHA
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to survey speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who
assess and treat people with Parkinson's disease (PD) to gather insights into their decision …

The reliability and validity of speech-language pathologists' estimations of intelligibility in dysarthria

ME Hirsch, A Thompson, Y Kim, KL Lansford - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study examined the reliability and validity of speech-language pathologists'(SLP)
estimations of speech intelligibility in dysarthria, including a visual analog scale (VAS) …

Clinical insights into the use of speech amplification devices for managing hypophonia: Interviews with speech-language pathologists

K Gates, T Knowles, H Mach, J Higginbotham - American Journal of Speech …, 2024 - ASHA
Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative interview study was to identify themes regarding
considerations in the usage of speech amplification device usage for people with …

Single word intelligibility of individuals with Parkinson's disease in noise: Pre-specified secondary outcome variables from a randomized control trial (RCT) comparing …

G Schulz, A Halpern, J Spielman, L Ramig, I Panzer… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The majority of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience both prosodic changes
(reduced vocal volume, reduced pitch range) and articulatory changes (imprecise …

Speech intensity response to altered intensity feedback in individuals with Parkinson's disease

A Senthinathan, S Adams, AD Page, M Jog - Journal of Speech, Language …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose Hypophonia (low speech intensity) is the most common speech symptom
experienced by individuals with Parkinson's disease (IWPD). Previous research suggests …