Hearing and dementia: from ears to brain

JCS Johnson, CR Marshall, RS Weil, DE Bamiou… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The association between hearing impairment and dementia has emerged as a major public
health challenge, with significant opportunities for earlier diagnosis, treatment and …

Early detection of Parkinson's disease through speech features and machine learning: a review

AS Gullapalli, VK Mittal - ICT with Intelligent Applications: Proceedings of …, 2022 - Springer
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a kind of neurodegenerative disorder. The disease causes
communication impairment based on its progression. In general, identification of PD carried …

The relation of articulatory and vocal auditory–motor control in typical speakers

RA Lester-Smith, A Daliri, N Enos, D Abur… - Journal of Speech …, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between feedback and
feedforward control of articulation and voice by measuring reflexive and adaptive responses …

Impaired auditory discrimination and auditory-motor integration in hyperfunctional voice disorders

D Abur, A Subaciute, M Kapsner-Smith, RK Segina… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Hyperfunctional voice disorders (HVDs) are the most common class of voice disorders,
consisting of diagnoses such as vocal fold nodules and muscle tension dysphonia. These …

Feedback and feedforward auditory-motor processes for voice and articulation in Parkinson's disease

D Abur, A Subaciute, A Daliri, RA Lester-Smith… - Journal of Speech …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose: Unexpected and sustained manipulations of auditory feedback during speech
production result in “reflexive” and “adaptive” responses, which can shed light on feedback …

LaDIVA: A neurocomputational model providing laryngeal motor control for speech acquisition and production

HR Weerathunge, GA Alzamendi, GJ Cler… - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Many voice disorders are the result of intricate neural and/or biomechanical impairments
that are poorly understood. The limited knowledge of their etiological and …

Voice biofeedback via bone conduction headphones: effects on acoustic voice parameters and self-reported vocal effort in individuals with voice disorders

CJ Nudelman, J Codino, AC Fry, P Bottalico, AD Rubin - Journal of Voice, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose This study explores sidetone amplification (amplified playback of one's own voice)
provided via bone conduction in participants with voice disorders. The effects of bone …

[HTML][HTML] Speech compensation responses and sensorimotor adaptation to formant feedback perturbations

I Raharjo, H Kothare, SS Nagarajan… - The Journal of the …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Control of speech formants is important for the production of distinguishable speech sounds
and is achieved with both feedback and learned feedforward control. However, it is unclear …

Intelligibility across a reading passage: The effect of dysarthria and cued speaking styles

F van Brenk, K Stipancic, A Kain, K Tjaden - American journal of speech …, 2022 - ASHA
Objective: Reading a passage out loud is a commonly used task in the perceptual
assessment of dysarthria. The extent to which perceptual characteristics remain unchanged …

What can altered auditory feedback paradigms tell us about vocal motor control in individuals with voice disorders?

HR Weerathunge, NE Tomassi, CE Stepp - Perspectives of the ASHA special …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The goal of this review article is to provide a summary of the progression of altered
auditory feedback (AAF) as a method to understand the pathophysiology of voice disorders …