Impairment of Vowel Articulation as a Possible Marker of Disease Progression in Parkinson's Disease

The aim of the current study was to survey if vowel articulation in speakers with Parkinson's disease (PD) shows specific changes in the course of the disease. 67 patients with PD (42 male) and 40 healthy speakers (20 male) were tested and retested after an average time interval of 34 months. P...

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Published in:PloS one 2012-02, Vol.7 (2), p.e32132
Main Authors: Skodda, Sabine, Grönheit, Wenke, Schlegel, Uwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustics
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Articulation (speech)
Articulation Disorders - etiology
Articulation Disorders - pathology
Articulation Disorders - physiopathology
Basal ganglia
Biology
Central nervous system diseases
Correlation analysis
Disease Progression
Female
Gait
Humans
Impairment
Kinematics
Male
Medical research
Medicine
Middle Aged
Movement disorders
Neurodegenerative diseases
Neurology
Parkinson Disease - complications
Parkinson Disease - pathology
Parkinson Disease - physiopathology
Parkinson's disease
Patients
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Speaking
Speech
Speech Articulation Tests
Studies
Surveys
Vowels
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