Download or read book An Acoustic Analysis of Speech Rate Control Procedures in Parkinson s Disease microform written by Lisa Marie Odlozinski and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1998 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was designed to examine the effect of four rate control procedures on speech rate in Parkinson's Disease (PD) and normal subjects. Utterance duration of a target phrase across fast and slow speaking conditions was measured during the following rate control procedures: magnitude production, delayed auditory feedback, computerized rhythmic pacing, and metronome pacing. The main findings were that PD subjects produced a faster rate of speech than normals during the slowest speech conditions of magnitude production, thereby underestimating the scaling of their speech at the slowest end of the continuum. In addition, it was found that PD subjects were more variable than normals during the slowest speech rate conditions of each rate control procedure. Furthermore, during the visuomotor speech task of the computerized rhythmic pacing procedure, PD subjects produced more variable speech rates. These results appear to be in general agreement with previous studies of speech rate in patients with PD.
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Download or read book Automatic Assessment of Parkinsonian Speech written by Juan I. Godino-Llorente and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-02 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the revised and extended papers of the First Automatic Assessment of Parkinsonian Speech Workshop, AAPS 2019, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, in September 2019. The 6 full papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 15 submissions. They present recent research on the automatic assessment of parkinsonian speech from the point of view of such disciplines as machine learning, speech technology, phonetics, neurology, and speech therapy
Download or read book Acoustic Analysis of Internally Versus Externally Guided Speech in Parkinson s Disease written by Susannah Balestracci and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is well established that individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) exhibit differences in their ability to perform internally guided (IG) movements versus externally guided (EG) movements. The goal of this study was to evaluate the vocal parameters of utterances produced by ten speakers with Parkinson's disease in two contexts: covert conversation (an IG context) and sentence reading (an EG context). Analyses were centered on measures of dysfluency, speaking rate and pitch variation. Results revealed significant differences for two of the ten speakers between speaking conditions. Namely, these speakers spoke faster and more fluently in the EG condition. Findings partially align with those of the original study (Weir-Mayta, 2014) which found perceptually salient differences between IG and EG conditions for six of the ten speakers. Future research is needed to continue to explicate the effects of external cuing on motor speech performance in individuals with PD.
Download or read book An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Speaking Rate in Parkinson s Disease written by Kim Racicot and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Using a Podcast Application to Collect High quality Speech Data Online for Acoustic Analysis in People with Parkinson s Disease written by Mridhula Murali and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative syndrome that results in various movement abnormalities, including a resting tremor, bradykinesia (slow or reduced range of movement), rigidity due to increased muscle tone, a delay in the initiation of movements, and disturbances of postural reflexes. This can lead to secondary conditions such as depression, dementia, swallowing difficulties, and a speech disorder called hypokinetic dysarthria. The aim of this doctoral project is to find robust and "trackable" markers in hypokinetic dysarthria associated with PD across two-time points. These markers could indicate a change in PD motor symptoms. The original plan for this study was to take speech recordings of people with PD and age-matched controls, face to face in a recording studio, for acoustic analysis. However, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a change of plan was required. The move to online data collection presented several new challenges while also having a positive effect on participant numbers. This case study focuses on the data collection process used to collect speech data online from people with PD and a control group for the purpose of acoustic analysis. Issues encountered in collecting reliable speech data online are discussed, including the key factors of consideration such as audio quality, ease of the data collection process for participants, and the available methods to record speech data remotely. Finally, the application of this method of data collection in other linguistics studies and wider use in social sciences is outlined.
Download or read book Physics Briefs written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cognition Language and Aging written by Heather Harris Wright and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Age-related changes in cognitive and language functions have been extensively researched over the past half-century. The older adult represents a unique population for studying cognition and language because of the many challenges that are presented with investigating this population, including individual differences in education, life experiences, health issues, social identity, as well as gender. The purpose of this book is to provide an advanced text that considers these unique challenges and assembles in one source current information regarding (a) language in the aging population and (b) current theories accounting for age-related changes in language function. A thoughtful and comprehensive review of current research spanning different disciplines that study aging will achieve this purpose. Such disciplines include linguistics, psychology, sociolinguistics, neurosciences, cognitive sciences, and communication sciences. As of January 2019, this e-book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched.
Download or read book Scientific Thinking in Speech and Language Therapy written by Carmel Lum and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005-04-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speech and language pathologists, like all professionals who claim to be scientific in their practice, make a public commitment to operate on the basis of knowledge derived in accordance with sound scientific standards. Yet students in communication disorders are given relatively little grounding in the fundamentals of science; indeed, they often receive implicit encouragement to rely on clinical wisdom. This pathbreaking text introduces the principles of critical scientific thinking as they relate to assessing communication problems, deciding about alternative approaches to intervention, and evaluating outcomes. The author provides many illustrative examples to help readers contextualize the ideas. Her clear presentation will help not only undergraduate and graduate students but also established professionals reason more effectively about what they are doing and why. Though the examples come from speech and language pathology, this illuminating and readable book constitutes a valuable resource for all clinical practitioners.
Download or read book Classification Manual for Voice Disorders I written by Katherine Verdolini and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, there are 300 disorders associated with voice, but until now there has never been a published reference manual that classifies these disorders. Borrowing from the successful organization schema of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM), the Classification Manual for Voice Disorders-I provides the framework for classifying voice disorders using the following criteria for each disorder: essential and associated features; vocal impairment; clinical history and demographic profile; course and complications; medical and voice differential diagnosis; and severity criteria. Classification Manual for Voice Disorders-I is a project of ASHA’s Special Interest Division 3, Voice and Voice Disorders (DIV 3), originally directed by contributing authors Moya Andrews, Diane Bless, Daniel Boone, Janina Casper, Leslie Glaze, Mike Karnell, Christy Ludlow, and Joe Stemple. The text was edited over a period of several years by the authoritative group of voice disorders professionals, including Katherine Verdolini, Clark Rosen, and Ryan Branski. This version represents the fields of speech-language pathology, voice science, and otolaryngology. CMVD-I lists most conditions that may negatively affect the ability to produce voice, based on the most current knowledge. These conditions comprise 30 structural pathologies, 25 neurological disorders, 20 aerodigestive conditions, 13 psychological disturbances, 15 systemic diseases, four inflammatory processes, four traumatic conditions, and five miscellaneous voice disorders. CMVD-I is a must-have resource for professionals who specialize in voice disorders, especially speech-language pathologists and otolaryngologists. The handy organization of this reference makes it a convenient and accessible resource for voice coaches and teachers of singing. It will also be invaluable as a textbook in master’s-level communication sciences programs throughout the world. Proceeds received by Division 3 will be used to support the mission of Special Interest Division 3, which provides continuing education and networking opportunities to promote leadership and advocacy for voice issues from professional, clinical, educational, and scientific perspectives.
Download or read book Sensation and Measurement written by H.R. Moskowitz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We planned this book as a Festschrift for Smitty Stevens because we thought he might be retiring around 1974, although we knew very well that only death or deep illness would stop Smitty from doing science. Death came suddenly, unexpectedly - after a full day of skiing at Vail, Colorado on the annual trip with wife Didi to the Winter Conference on Brain Research. Smitty liked winter conferences near ski resorts and often tried to get us other psychophysicists to organize one. Every person is unique. Smitty would have said it's mainly because each of us has so many genes that two combinations just alike would be well-nigh impossible. But most of us strive in many ways to be like others, and to abide by the norms (some smaller number try even harder to be unlike other people); as a result many persons seem to lose their uniqueness, their individuality. Not Smitty. He tried neither to be like others nor to be different. He took himself as he found himself, and ascribed peculiarities, strengths, and weaknesses to his pioneering Utah forebears, in whom he took much pride. His was the true and right nonconformity. He approached each task, each problem, ready to grapple with the facts and set them into meaningful order. And if the answer he came up with was different from everyone else's, well that was too bad.
Download or read book Eyes of Artillery written by Edgar F. Raines and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2000 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stuttering and what You Can Do about it written by Wendell Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book for parents who are worried about their children's stuttering, for teachers, doctors, friends, and relatives of those who stutter, and for stutterers themselves. It offers help, encouragement, and guidance in dealing with the problem of stuttering, which troubles more than a million persons in the United States alone.Dr. Johnson, an outstanding authority on the subject, writes in simple language so that anyone can readily understand and follow his suggestions. What he says in this book is based on many years of laboratory research and clinical observation, and his own experience as a stutterer. He tells of his early years of struggle with the handicap and his decision to devote his life to getting at the basic causes of stuttering and finding ways to prevent or alleviate it. He describes his research experiences, likening them to a detective story centered on a search for the causes of stuttering as the culprit in the case. In this account he quotes from interviews which he conducted with parents in an effort to pinpoint the exact conditions or situations in which stuttering was believed to have started. He explains how the problem develops and how it becomes a frustrating "sad-go-round." Finally, he tells what parents and others can do for children who are threatened with the handicap of stuttering and what adult stutterers can do to help themselves.
Download or read book Papers in Linguistics and Phonetics to the Memory of Pierre Delattre written by Albert Valdman and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Time Distortions in Mind written by Argiro Vatakis and published by . This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time Distortions in Mind brings together current research on temporal processing in clinical populations to elucidate the interdependence between perturbations in timing and disturbances in the mind and brain. For the student, the scientist, and the stepping-stone for further research.
Download or read book A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology written by Richard Pearce-Moses and published by Society of American Archivists (SAA). This book was released on 2005 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended to provide the basic foundation for modern archival practice and theory.
Download or read book A Text Book of Medical Instruments written by S. Ananthi and published by New Age International. This book was released on 2006 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book: This book has therefore subdivided the realm of medical instruments into the same sections like a text on physiology and introduces the basic early day methods well, before dealing with the details of present day instruments currently in
