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Auditory Brainstem Response Testing in Children with Speech and Language Pathology: A Non-Randomized Observational Study. 言语和语言病理学儿童的听觉脑干反应测试:一项非随机观察性研究。
IF 1.1 4区 医学
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-03 DOI: 10.1159/000534417
Ivana Aras, Sanja Vlahović, Siniša Stevanović, Katarina Pavičić Dokoza, Andro Košec
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Vocal Problems and Burnout Syndrome in Nonuniversity Teachers in Galicia, Spain. 西班牙加利西亚非大学教师的声乐问题和职业倦怠综合症。
IF 1 4区 医学
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-24 DOI: 10.1159/000531982
Teresa J García-Real, Tomás M Díaz-Román, Paula Mendiri
{"title":"Vocal Problems and Burnout Syndrome in Nonuniversity Teachers in Galicia, Spain.","authors":"Teresa J García-Real, Tomás M Díaz-Román, Paula Mendiri","doi":"10.1159/000531982","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000531982","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Voice disorders and burnout syndrome are common among teachers. This study aimed to explore the relationship among vocal problems, burnout syndrome, and some personal work factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional descriptive study enrolled 90 nonuniversity teachers who completed the Multidimensional Vocal Scale for Teachers (EVM-D) to evaluate vocal problems and an adapted Spanish version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey (MBI-ES) to detect burnout syndrome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 16% of teachers expressed symptoms compatible with burnout, and 60% of them were in the interval above the 75th percentile of the EVM-D, i.e., they had a high risk of vocal problems. An association between burnout and more vocal problems was established among teachers, particularly between the vocal symptoms and vocal abuse dimensions with the emotional exhaustion subscale of the MBI-ES. A history of anxiety/depression and fewer years of professional experience were associated with more vocal problems. The burnout group perceived more \"loss of vocal power,\" \"vocal fatigue,\" \"vocal effort,\" and \"hoarseness.\" Vocal abuse items received the highest scores of EVM-D. However, only \"shouting\" in the classroom was significantly different between the groups with and without burnout.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Emotional exhaustion of burnout syndrome, history of anxiety/depression, and a shorter professional experience were associated with vocal problems, which could limit the performance of teachers. Reducing classroom noise, establishing strategies to avoid shouting, or strengthening personal accomplishments in teachers could be useful in breaking the cycle of vocal problems and emotional exhaustion, particularly at the beginning of their professional experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":" ","pages":"68-76"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9864960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A Novel Acoustic Evaluation Method for the Diagnosis of Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia. 诊断扩张性痉挛性发音障碍的一种新的声学评价方法。
IF 1 4区 医学
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-23 DOI: 10.1159/000534262
Boquan Liu, Mingjun Ji, Jin Fang, Qingyi Ren, Jinwei Lan, Zhixian Zhu, Pingjiang Ge, Jing Kang
{"title":"A Novel Acoustic Evaluation Method for the Diagnosis of Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia.","authors":"Boquan Liu, Mingjun Ji, Jin Fang, Qingyi Ren, Jinwei Lan, Zhixian Zhu, Pingjiang Ge, Jing Kang","doi":"10.1159/000534262","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000534262","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD) is characterized by involuntary laryngeal muscle spasms. Due to the lack of a quantitative evaluation method, most measurements have demonstrated difficulty in validity and reliability for diagnosing ADSD. This study aimed to establish a novel indicator for ADSD and determine its diagnostic effects.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We investigated 98 voice samples from 49 patients with ADSD and 49 healthy participants. A sustained vowel was recorded by a high-definition audio recorder. Voice samples underwent regular acoustic evaluation and a novel global dimension (GD) method. GD, Jitter, Shimmer, HNR, Frequency shift, and CPPS were measured for both groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Statistical analysis revealed that the GD method effectively differentiated ADSD patients from healthy participants (p &lt; 0.001, D'&gt;0.8). Subsequent multiclass receiver operating characteristic analysis demonstrated that GD possessed the most significant classification accuracy (area under the curve = 0.988) compared with other acoustic parameters.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>GD was an effective metric for objective differentiation between ADSD patients and healthy participants. This metric could assist clinicians in the diagnosis of ADSD patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":" ","pages":"273-280"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41136212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Comparison of Participation in Online Games and Communication Experiences of School-Age Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter: Exploratory Study. 结巴与非结巴学龄儿童网络游戏参与与交流体验的比较:探索性研究。
IF 1.1 4区 医学
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-23 DOI: 10.1159/000535296
İlkem Kara, Ayşe İlayda Mutlu, Kübra Miraloğlu
{"title":"Comparison of Participation in Online Games and Communication Experiences of School-Age Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter: Exploratory Study.","authors":"İlkem Kara, Ayşe İlayda Mutlu, Kübra Miraloğlu","doi":"10.1159/000535296","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000535296","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Online games provide a socializing environment for children aged 8-10 years, but there is a lack of information in the literature about whether children who stutter (CWS) access online gaming environments as frequently as their nonaffected peers and about their interaction habits. This study aimed to investigate the participation frequency of school-age CWS and children who do not stutter (CWNS) in online games, the speech characteristics during games, and whether they encountered bullying-like behaviors during games.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 91 CWS (F/M = 18/73; age range = 8-13) and 116 CWNS (F/M = 60/56; age range 8-13) participated in this study. Children's participation habits in online, chat-based, multiplayer games were evaluated with web-based questionnaires. Differences between questionnaire responses were analyzed using the significance test for a difference in two proportions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was no significant difference between the participation rates of CWS and CWNS in online games (z = 1.46; p = 0.14), their frequency (p &gt; 0.05), and the time they spent in the game (p &gt; 0.05). It was found that those who stutter preferred to use one-word expressions more than their peers who do not stutter (z = 2.03; p = 0.04), and those who stutter had higher rates of not encountering bullying-like behaviors in online games than those who do not stutter (z = 2.2; p = 0.03).</p><p><strong>Discussion/conclusion: </strong>CWS and CWNS show similar participation habits in online, chat-based, multiplayer games with similar frequency and duration. Speech features that emerge in online games and whether these games play a role in providing CWS with a communication environment where the risk of bullying is reduced and fluency is increased may be the subject of future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":" ","pages":"431-439"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138298815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Kinematics of Loud, Soft, and Whispered Speech. 大嗓门、轻声和小声说话的运动学。
IF 1.1 4区 医学
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-20 DOI: 10.1159/000536001
Christopher Dromey, Mendocino Peacock
{"title":"Kinematics of Loud, Soft, and Whispered Speech.","authors":"Christopher Dromey, Mendocino Peacock","doi":"10.1159/000536001","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000536001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>We examined the effects of four types of voicing on vocal tract movements by comparing the articulatory kinematics of whispered speech to habitual, loud, and soft conditions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants included 10 males and 10 females with no history of communication disorders. They read six stimulus sentences in habitual, loud, soft, and whispered conditions. An electromagnetic articulograph tracked the tongue, jaw, and lip movements. Analysis focused on the words we do from a longer sentence. Vertical tongue/jaw and horizontal lip movements were measured during the production of the retracted and rounded front and back vowels in we do.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Soft speech led to smaller and slower lip movements than in the habitual condition. Displacement increased for the tongue and jaw in loud and whispered speech compared to the habitual condition. Tongue and jaw velocity increased for loud but not for whispered speech compared to the habitual condition. Utterance duration increased for loud and whispered conditions.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The increasing tongue and jaw displacement and velocity from soft to habitual to loud speech reported here is consistent with previous accounts. Whispering was less intense than soft speech, yet it involved larger tongue and jaw movements than habitual speech, possibly reflecting a speaker's focus on greater articulatory clarity when the acoustic signal is the weakest.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":" ","pages":"491-500"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139740797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Graph Naming Function and Brain Connectivity in Postinfarction Aphasia Patients: An fMRI Study. 经颅直流电刺激对梗死后失语症患者图形命名功能和脑连接性的影响:一项功能磁共振成像研究。
IF 1 4区 医学
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-03 DOI: 10.1159/000534188
Yancheng Song, Fenghai Liu, Liqing Kang, Cheng Xue, Xiaoxuan Wang, Yanlong Yang, Min Sun, Meng Zhao, Shan Lu
{"title":"Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Graph Naming Function and Brain Connectivity in Postinfarction Aphasia Patients: An fMRI Study.","authors":"Yancheng Song, Fenghai Liu, Liqing Kang, Cheng Xue, Xiaoxuan Wang, Yanlong Yang, Min Sun, Meng Zhao, Shan Lu","doi":"10.1159/000534188","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000534188","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The study aimed to investigate the mechanisms of impairment and recovery in graph naming functions among patients with aphasia due to cerebral infarction. Specifically, the study compared immediate effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) treatment in patients at different stages postinfarction: the acute phase (AP) and the recovery period (RP).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-eight patients were selected, consisting of 16 in the AP and 12 in the RP, along with 18 healthy controls. Both patient groups underwent 2 weeks of tDCS treatment. Posttreatment changes in functional connectivity (FC) within language-related brain regions, as well as in graph naming abilities, were assessed in both patient groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both AP and RP groups exhibited significant improvements in graph naming ability following tDCS treatment. Compared to healthy controls, patients showed decreased FC in multiple brain regions of both hemispheres, particularly in the dominant hemisphere. Posttreatment assessments revealed significant increases in FC within the bilateral frontotemporal lobes for both AP and RP groups, and within the bilateral temporo-occipital regions for the AP group. Moreover, the RP group demonstrated decreased FC in the left temporal lobe posttreatment, which had shown increased FC pre-treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study suggests that tDCS can effectively enhance graph naming functions in patients with postinfarction aphasia. The therapeutic effects appear to be mediated by enhancing FC within bilateral frontotemporal lobes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":" ","pages":"264-272"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11151963/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41146754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Voice Onset Time of Greek Stops Productions by Greek Children with Cochlear Implants and Normal Hearing. 佩戴人工耳蜗和听力正常的希腊儿童制作的希腊语句子的发声时间。
IF 1 4区 医学
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-27 DOI: 10.1159/000533133
Georgia Koupka, Areti Okalidou, Katerina Nicolaidis, Jannis Constantinidis, Georgios Kyriafinis, George Menexes
{"title":"Voice Onset Time of Greek Stops Productions by Greek Children with Cochlear Implants and Normal Hearing.","authors":"Georgia Koupka, Areti Okalidou, Katerina Nicolaidis, Jannis Constantinidis, Georgios Kyriafinis, George Menexes","doi":"10.1159/000533133","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000533133","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Research on voice onset time (VOT) production of stops in children with CI versus NH has reported conflicting results. Effects of age and place of articulation on VOT have not been examined for children with CI. The purpose of this study was to examine VOT production by Greek-speaking children with CI in comparison to NH controls, with a focus on the effects of age, type of stimuli, and place of articulation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were 24 children with CI aged from 2;8 to 13;3 years and 24 age- and gender-matched children with NH. Words were elicited via a picture-naming task, and nonwords were elicited via a fast mapping procedure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For voiced stops, children with CI showed longer VOT than children with NH, whereas VOT for voiceless stops was similar to that of NH peers. Also, in both voiced and voiceless stops, the VOT differed as a function of age and place of articulation across groups. Differences as a function of stimulus type were only noted for voiced stops across groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>For the voiced stop consonants, which demand more articulatory effort, VOT production in children with CI was longer than in children with NH. For the voiceless stop consonants, VOT production in children with CI is acquired at a young age.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":" ","pages":"109-126"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10235178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Systematic Review of Literature on Vocal Demand Response: Understanding Physiology, Measurements, and Associated Factors. 声乐需求反应文献的系统回顾:了解生理学、测量和相关因素。
IF 1.1 4区 医学
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1159/000531678
Carlos Alberto Calvache Mora, Lady Catherine Cantor-Cutiva, Eric J Hunter, Marco Guzmán, Leonardo Soláque
{"title":"Systematic Review of Literature on Vocal Demand Response: Understanding Physiology, Measurements, and Associated Factors.","authors":"Carlos Alberto Calvache Mora, Lady Catherine Cantor-Cutiva, Eric J Hunter, Marco Guzmán, Leonardo Soláque","doi":"10.1159/000531678","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000531678","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Considering the conceptual migration from vocal load and vocal loading to vocal demand and vocal demand response, this review of literature aimed to identify physiological explanations, reported measurements, and associated factors (vocal demands) reported in the literature when considering the phonatory response to a vocal demand.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review of literature, following the PRISMA Statement, was conducted using Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and ScienceDirect. Data were analyzed and presented in two parts. First, a bibliometric analysis, co-occurrence analysis, and content analysis were performed. Three criteria that got article inclusion were defined: (1) written in English, Spanish, and Portuguese; (2) published between 2009 and 2021; and (3) focused on vocal load and loading, vocal demand response, and voice assessment parameters. A total of 54 publications met the criteria and were included in this review. The second part included a conceptual framework based on the content analysis of three aspects of vocal demand response: (1) physiological explanations, (2) reported measurements, and (3) vocal demands.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusion: </strong>As would be expected since vocal demand response is a relatively new term and not yet commonly used in literature when discussing way that the speakers respond to communicative scenarios, most of the studies reviewed (both historical and recent) still use the term of vocal load and vocal loading. Although there is a broad variety of literature discussing a wide range of vocal demands and voice parameters used to characterize the vocal demand response, results show that there is consistency across the studies. While vocal demand response is unique and intrinsic to the talker, associated factors that contribute to this response include both internal talker and external talker factors. Internal factors include muscle stiffness, viscosity in the phonatory system, vocal fold tissue damage, elevated sound pressure levels during occupational voice demands, extended periods of voice use, suboptimal body posture, difficulties in breathing technique, and sleep disturbances. Associated external factors include the working environment (noise, acoustics, temperature, humidity). In conclusion, although vocal demand response is intrinsic to the speaker, the speaker's response is affected by external vocal demands. However, due to the wide methods to evaluate vocal demand response, it has been difficult to establish its contribution to voice disorders in the general population and, specifically, among occupational voice users. This literature review identified commonly reported parameters and factors that may help clinicians and researchers define vocal demand response.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10972624/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10099102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Non-Speech Oral Movement Assessment for Children. 儿童非语言口腔运动评估(NOMAC)。
IF 1.1 4区 医学
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.1159/000536485
Leenke van Haaften, Marloes Lagarde, Marjo van Gerven, Sandra de Groot, Celia Harding, Lenie van den Engel-Hoek, Karen van Hulst
{"title":"The Non-Speech Oral Movement Assessment for Children.","authors":"Leenke van Haaften, Marloes Lagarde, Marjo van Gerven, Sandra de Groot, Celia Harding, Lenie van den Engel-Hoek, Karen van Hulst","doi":"10.1159/000536485","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000536485","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Examination of oral movements is often part of an assessment undertaken by a speech and language therapist (SLT). Until now, there have been no specific instruments or tests with reference values for typically developing children in Dutch that exclusively evaluate non-speech oral movements in young children. Therefore, a non-speech oral motor observation list was designed to attempt to bridge this gap: the Non-Speech Oral Movement Assessment for Children (NOMAC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the NOMAC in terms of inter-rater reliability and its' construct validity. In addition, we aimed to collect reference values for non-speech oral movements in children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from typically developing Dutch children aged 2-8 years were collected. Inter-rater reliability was studied by estimating the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). Construct validity was investigated by assessing the effect of age group and gender on the mean execution score per item (general linear model). To present normative data, the percentage of the children performing a normal oral motor execution was calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study includes a total of 318 children, divided into 9 age groups. The inter-rater reliability shows a moderate to excellent ICC for most items. A significant effect of the factor age group on almost all items was seen, confirming robust construct validity. Normative data are presented with the percentage of the children performing a normal oral movement execution.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Non-speech oral movements can be assessed with the NOMAC in children between 2 and 8 years old and can be compared with values obtained from a normative group. It should be used as part of a clinical feeding and speech assessment. Despite the fact that current insights indicate that oral motor training has no value for improving mastication, swallowing, and speech, it is important to know the status of non-speech oral motor capabilities. With this assessment, a complete profile of the child's oral motor abilities can be achieved, supportive of clinical decision making in SLT.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":" ","pages":"521-528"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11614411/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139722199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Altered Auditory Feedback Improves Speech Intelligibility in Individuals Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study. 听觉反馈的改变改善了帕金森病患者的言语清晰度——一项初步研究。
IF 1.1 4区 医学
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-30 DOI: 10.1159/000535559
Ramesh Kaipa, Natalie McLain, Roha Mariam Kaipa
{"title":"Altered Auditory Feedback Improves Speech Intelligibility in Individuals Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study.","authors":"Ramesh Kaipa, Natalie McLain, Roha Mariam Kaipa","doi":"10.1159/000535559","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000535559","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The purpose of the current study was to evaluate speech intelligibility and speech rate in individuals with Parkinson's disease using altered auditory feedback (AAF) in comparison to age-matched healthy controls. Based on prior research, it is hypothesized that the use of AAF will improve participants' speech intelligibility.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Five individuals with Parkinson's disease (clinical group) and five age-matched healthy controls aged 50 years and above participated in this pre-/post-group experiment. All participants completed reading and monologue tasks with and without AAF. The AAF delayed the participants' auditory feedback by 150 ms and altered it by 1/20 octave. Thirty-two naïve listeners listened to the recorded participants' speech samples (with and without AAF) randomly and rated the participants' speech intelligibility.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results of the mixed model ANOVA revealed that participants in the control group had significantly higher speech intelligibility scores than the participants in the clinical group. Post hoc tests indicated that only participants in the clinical group were more intelligible with AAF than without AAF. Participants in the clinical group had better speech intelligibility when reading the passage than speaking the monologue. With regards to speech rate, participants spoke more slowly with AAF than without. Finally, there was a negative correlation between speech rate and speech intelligibility.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The current findings support our hypothesis that AAF improves speech intelligibility in people with Parkinson's disease, though not in healthy controls. Future research should evaluate the long-term effect of AAF use on speech intelligibility in people with Parkinson's disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":" ","pages":"420-430"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138458807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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