Effects of subthalamic stimulation on speech of consecutive patients with Parkinson disease

E Tripoliti, L Zrinzo, I Martinez-Torres, E Frost, S Pinto… - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) is an effective treatment
for advanced Parkinson disease (PD). Following STN-DBS, speech intelligibility can …

Speech and swallowing in Parkinson's disease

K Tjaden - Topics in geriatric rehabilitation, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Dysarthria and dysphagia occur frequently in Parkinson's disease (PD). Reduced speech
intelligibility is a significant functional limitation of dysarthria and in the case of PD is likely …

Spectral-and cepstral-based measures during continuous speech: capacity to distinguish dysphonia and consistency within a speaker

SY Lowell, RH Colton, RT Kelley, YC Hahn - Journal of Voice, 2011 - Elsevier
Spectral-and cepstral-based acoustic measures are preferable to time-based measures for
accurately representing dysphonic voices during continuous speech. Although these …

Effects of loud and amplified speech on sentence and word intelligibility in Parkinson disease

AT Neel - 2009 - ASHA
Purpose In the two experiments in this study, the author examined the effects of increased
vocal effort (loud speech) and amplification on sentence and word intelligibility in speakers …

Spectral/cepstral analyses of phonation in Parkinson's disease before and after voice treatment: A preliminary study

GG Alharbi, MP Cannito, EH Buder… - Folia Phoniatrica et …, 2019 - karger.com
Purpose: This article examines cepstral/spectral analyses of sustained/α/vowels produced
by speakers with hypokinetic dysarthria secondary to idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Principal component analysis of the spectrogram of the speech signal: Interpretation and application to dysarthric speech

A Kacha, F Grenez, JR Orozco-Arroyave… - Computer Speech & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The article concerns the interpretation of the principal components of the spectrogram of the
speech signal and its application to the description of dysarthric speech. Each principal …

A mixed-method feasibility study of the use of the Complete Vocal Technique (CVT), a pedagogic method to improve the voice and vocal function in singers and actors …

J McGlashan, M Aaen, A White, C Sadolin - Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2023 - Springer
Background Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) results from inefficient or ineffective voice
production and is the cause of voice and throat complaints in up to 40% of patients …

Relationship between acoustic measures and judgments of intelligibility in Parkinson's disease: A within-speaker approach

L Feenaughty, K Tjaden, J Sussman - Clinical linguistics & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the acoustic basis of within-speaker, across-utterance variation in
sentence intelligibility for 12 speakers with dysarthria secondary to Parkinson's disease …

Long-Term averaged spectrum descriptors of dysarthria in patients with Parkinson's disease treated with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation

J Svihlik, M Novotny, T Tykalova, K Polakova… - Journal of Speech …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate whether long-term averaged spectrum (LTAS)
descriptors for reading and monologue are suitable to detect worsening of dysarthria in …

Characterizing the distribution of silent intervals in the connected speech of individuals with Parkinson disease

JA Whitfield, AC Gravelin - Journal of communication disorders, 2019 - Elsevier
The purpose of the current investigation was to examine a statistical approach to
differentiating shorter silent intervals (eg, stop gaps) from longer silent intervals (eg, pause) …