摘要:

The effects of age, gender and task on speech fluency performance in three speaking conditions were examined in 78 older (55–92 years) talkers. Results were analyzed for significant differences (p ≤ 0.01) as a function of age, gender and task between speakers groups formed on increasingly older chronological age and as compared to a young (25–35 years) control group. The relationship between speech fluency and speech rate performance data obtained on the same tasks was also examined. Only a few significant effects and/or interactions were found for the variables in this study. These findings are discussed and compared to those of other recent st

ISSN:1021-7762    

DOI:10.1159/000266337

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger

摘要:

Rapid syllable repetitions require alternating articulatory movements and, thus, provide a test for oral diadochokinesis. The present study performed an acoustic analysis of rapid syllable repetitions in patients suffering from idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (n = 17), Huntington’s chorea (n = 14), Friedreich’s ataxia (n = 9), or from a purely cerebellar syndrome (n = 13). Four parameters were considered: the mean number of syllables per train, the median syllable duration with its variation coefficient, and articulatory imprecision in terms of the percentage of incomplete closures. Apart from a few subjects with minor motor deficits only, in all patients at least one of the four measures of diadochokinesis exceeded the normal range. Accordingly, discriminant analysis revealed a highly significant difference between controls and patients with respect to the considered parameters. Thus, oral diadochokinesis tasks represent a sensitive measure of orofacial motor impairment. Moreover, multivariate analysis showed that Parkinson’s disease and Friedreich’s ataxia are characterized by a highly specific profile of diadochokinesis pe

ISSN:1021-7762    

DOI:10.1159/000266338

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger

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This study involves a preliminary comparison of traditional speech therapy for head trauma patients with therapy assisted by computer. Two subjects were treated in a ‘crossover’ design to compare the effects of each treatment. While both subjects improved, there was no obvious difference in treatment effectiveness. However, the computer support provided the measures of treatment efficacy which made this comparison possi

ISSN:1021-7762    

DOI:10.1159/000266339

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger

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Während Störungen der Stimmfunktion bei Patienten mit Sprechapraxie wiederholt beschrieben wurden und obwohl theoretisch das Auftreten von Apraxien der Stimmgebung postuliert wird, liegt bisher erst eine Falldarstellung eines Patienten mit einer Kehlkopfoder Phonationsapraxie vor. Hier wird ein 51 jähriger Patient mit ausgedehnter rechts-temporoparietaler intrazerebraler Blutung beschrieben, der bei weitgehend ungestörter Artikulation und fehlenden Zeichen einer Dysarthrie und einer Aphasie eine Aphonie und eine fehlende Sprechatmung hat. Diese Störung wird nach differentialdiagnostischem Ausschluss anderer zentral bedingter Stimmstörungen als Kehlkopfapraxie eingeo

ISSN:1021-7762    

DOI:10.1159/000266340

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger

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Des données acoustiques sont proposées pour faciliter l’valuation de la parole de patients présentant des troubles de la prosodie tels la dysarthrie. Ces données ont été recueillies auprès de 40 sujets francophones, sans maladie neurologique ni trouble de la communication, ayant entre 45 et 75 ans, répartis en quatre groupes selon le sexe et l’âge. Les sujets ont été invites à produire quatre series de 20 phrases interrogatives et declaratives et leurs productions ont été enregistrées et analysées au moyen du logiciel Speech Viewer de IBM. Des mesures de frequence fondamentale sur l’ensemble de la phrase, de variation de la frequence fondamentale, de debit et d’intonation (difference de frequence fondamentale entre phrases interrogatives et declaratives) sont rapportées sous forme de tableaux pour utilisation clinique. Ces informations permettront de combler une lacune dans l’evaluation de la prosodie de la parole

ISSN:1021-7762    

DOI:10.1159/000266341

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger

ISSN:1021-7762    

DOI:10.1159/000266342

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger

ISSN:1021-7762    

DOI:10.1159/000266343

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1995

数据来源: Karger