Oral and laryngeal diadochokinesis across the life span: A scoping review of methods, reference data, and clinical applications

RD Kent, Y Kim, L Chen - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The aim of this study was to conduct a scoping review of research on oral and
laryngeal diadochokinesis (DDK) in children and adults, either typically …

Speech biomarkers in rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and Parkinson disease

J Rusz, J Hlavnička, M Novotný, T Tykalová… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This multilanguage study used simple speech recording and high‐end pattern
analysis to provide sensitive and reliable noninvasive biomarkers of prodromal versus …

Speech and nonspeech: What are we talking about?

E Maas - International journal of speech-language pathology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding of the behavioural, cognitive and neural underpinnings of speech production
is of interest theoretically, and is important for understanding disorders of speech production …

Oral‐diadochokinetic rates for Hebrew‐speaking healthy ageing population: non‐word versus real‐word repetition

BM Ben‐David, M Icht - International Journal of language & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Oral‐diadochokinesis (oral‐DDK) tasks are extensively used in the evaluation
of motor speech abilities. Currently, validated normative data for older adults (aged 65 years …

“Post-lockdown depression”: adaptation difficulties, depressive symptoms, and the role of positive solitude when returning to routine after the lifting of nation-wide …

S Keisari, Y Palgi, L Ring, A Folkman… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objectives The aim of the current study was to identify difficulties in adapting to normal life
once COVID-19 lockdown has been lifted. Israel was used as a case study, as COVID-19 …

“Older is always better”: Age-related differences in vocabulary scores across 16 years.

BM Ben-David, H Erel, H Goy… - Psychology and …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Cross-sectional studies of cognitive aging compare age groups at 1 time point. It is unclear
from such studies whether age-related cognitive differences remain stable across time. We …

Prosody and semantics are separate but not separable channels in the perception of emotional speech: Test for rating of emotions in speech

BM Ben-David, N Multani, V Shakuf, F Rudzicz… - Journal of Speech …, 2016 - ASHA
Purpose Our aim is to explore the complex interplay of prosody (tone of speech) and
semantics (verbal content) in the perception of discrete emotions in speech. Method We …

Age-related differences in the perception of emotion in spoken language: The relative roles of prosody and semantics

BM Ben-David, S Gal-Rosenblum… - Journal of Speech …, 2019 - ASHA
Purpose We aim to identify the possible sources for age-related differences in the perception
of emotion in speech, focusing on the distinct roles of semantics (words) and prosody (tone …

Clinical‐based oral rehabilitation programme improved the oral diadochokinesis and swallowing function of older patients with dementia: A randomised controlled trial

MA Chen, CK Liu, YH Yang, ST Huang… - Journal of oral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a clinical‐based oral function intervention on oral
function and care behaviours in older patients with mild dementia. Method Participants were …

The Radboud dysarthria assessment: Development and clinimetric evaluation

S Knuijt, JG Kalf, BGM van Engelen… - Folia Phoniatrica et …, 2018 - karger.com
Objective: In the absence of an adequate dysarthria assessment in the Netherlands, we
developed the Radboud Dysarthria Assessment (RDA). This article describes its …