Lay ratings of long-term voice-and-speech characteristics

1986 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Reneé van Bezooijen
PEDIATRICS ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 346-350
Author(s):  
C. Donald Nelson ◽  
Diane D. Waggoner ◽  
Judith M. Tuerck ◽  
George N. Donnell ◽  
Neil R. M. Buist

Galactosemia is an inborn error of metabolism that causes life-threatening illness a few days after galactose-containing milk is fed to a newborn. Early treatment with a strict lactose-free diet results in rapid improvement, and, until recently, it was thought that the long-term prognosis in such infants was usually good. The speech characteristics of 24 patients treated for galactosemia were examined. Fifty-four percent had the specific speech disorder, verbal dyspraxia. This finding was not related to age at diagnosis, severity of symptoms in the newborn period, or to biochemical control. There may be, however, a relation between dyspraxia and diminished IQ scores observed in the group of patients with dyspraxia judged as "severe." The findings indicate the association of a specific and unusual speech defect with a specific and rare metabolic disorder.


1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 1176-1194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geralyn M. Schulz ◽  
Teri Peterson ◽  
Christine M. Sapienza ◽  
Melvin Greer ◽  
William Friedman

Pallidotomy surgery, lesioning the globus pallidus internal, has been performed to alleviate Parkinsonian symptoms and drug-induced dyskinesias. Improvements in limb motor function have been reported in recent years following pallidotomy surgery. The purpose of this preliminary study was to determine the effect of pallidotomy surgery on select voice and speech characteristics of 6 patients with Parkinson’s disease. Acoustic measures were analyzed pre-pallidotomy surgery and again at 3 months following surgery. Preliminary findings indicated that all participants demonstrated positive changes in at least one acoustic measure; 2 of the participants consistently demonstrated positive changes in phonatory and articulatory measures, whereas 3 participants did not consistently demonstrate positive changes postsurgery. The results are discussed relative to the differential effects observed across participants.


2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-181
Author(s):  
Susmi Pani ◽  
Shruti Kabra ◽  
Shilpi Chakraborty ◽  
Indranil Chatterjee

Introduction   Spasmodic Torticollis is a condition in which tonic or clonic spasm in the Sternocleidomastoid and Trapezius muscles, cause the head to be deviated to the right or left and has also been reported to disrupt speech production. Spasmodic Torticollis is a part of unknown etiology of Hyperkinetic Dysarthria. Case Report   We report a case of 30 years old male diagnosed as Hyperkinetic Dysarthria who was treated with speech therapy and without Botulinum toxin. Post therapy status was recorded after 12 sessions (frequency twice a week) and it shows improvement in speech characteristics. Discussion   Management of the patients with Hyperkinetic Dysarthria with Spasmodic Torticollis is a long term and often a lifelong process. Speech therapy is offered at intervals in order to maintain communicative competence. Reported studies suggest the use of Botulinum toxin, but in the present study treatment efficacy was proven without the use of Botulinum toxin.


2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Neil ◽  
Linda Worrall ◽  
Anna Day ◽  
Louise Hickson

2004 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Stankovic ◽  
Vojko Djukic ◽  
M. Vukasinovic ◽  
Ljiljana Janosevic

The study of functional results of total laryngectomy carmot be separated from articulation of esophageal voice and speech. To achieve success of phoniatric rehabilitation in laringectomized patients, it is necessary to be well aware of pathological sequelae of the veiy operation, long-term adverse effect of oncological risk factors as well as postoperative anatomo-physiological changes. Anatomic results of total laryngectomy depend on the type of surgical intervention and probable radiotherapy. The extent of surgical procedure, primary dictated by oncological indications, has the essential effect to articulation of esophageal voice and speech. If possible for oncological reasons, hyoid bone should be particularly left intact. Extensive surgical interventions of hypopharynx and the base of the tongue during laryngectomy, neck dissection - especially the radical one, and subsequent radiotherapy, all of them significantly reduce the possibility to produce esophageal voice and speech. Total laryngectomy eliminates the creator of voice and vibrations, which are acoustically perceived as esophageal voice, proceeding at the level of pharyngoesophageal junction. For this reason, the quality of newly created vibrating narrowing is especially important.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 239694151876452 ◽  
Author(s):  
SvenOlof Dahlgren ◽  
Annika D Sandberg ◽  
Sofia Strömbergsson ◽  
Lena Wenhov ◽  
Maria Råstam ◽  
...  

Background Autism spectrum disorder has been associated with atypical voice characteristics and prosody. In the scientific literature, four different aspects of atypical speech production in autism spectrum disorder have been highlighted; voice quality together with the prosodic aspects pitch, duration and intensity. Studies of prosody in autism spectrum disorder have almost exclusively used perceptual methods. Recently, some studies have used acoustic analyses. In these studies, it has been pointed out that the acoustic differences found are not necessarily perceived as atypical by listeners, which is why it is important to let listeners evaluate perceptual correlates to acoustic findings. The aims of this study were to use both perceptual and acoustic analyses to study prosodic production in children with autism spectrum disorder and to examine if voice and speech characteristics could be used as clinical markers for autism spectrum disorder. Method Eleven children within normal range of intelligence diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and 11 children with typical development participated. Every child was recorded telling a story elicited with the expression, reception and recall of narrative instrument. Excerpts of one minute were extracted from the audio files creating the material underlying the perceptual ratings and in the acoustic analysis. An evaluation procedure, partly based on a standardized voice evaluation procedure developed for clinical practice in Sweden, was designed for the perceptual judgments and analysis. To capture critical prosodic variables, aspects of prosody based on characteristic features of Swedish prosody, prosodic features known to cause Swedish children with language impairment particular problems and current research of prosodic impairments in children with autism, were used as rating variables. The acoustic analysis was based on the four variables fundamental frequency ( fo) average, fo range, fo variation and speech rate, together with the language production-related variable number of words per utterance. Results In the acoustic analysis, no differences were found with regards to fo-related variables or speech rate. However, the children in the autism spectrum disorder-group produced significantly more words per utterance than the typically developing children. The perceptual analysis showed no differences between the groups. Only three children with autism spectrum disorder were correctly identified as such. The narrative ability of these children, according to scores on the narrative assessment profile, was poorer than that of the other eight children. They were also more atypical in fluency and in speech rate. Given the small sample, the results should be interpreted with caution. Conclusions and implications The only difference in prosodic production discovered in the acoustic analysis, namely that children with autism spectrum disorder used more words per utterance than the children in the comparison group, was not detected in the perceptual assessment. This implies that it was not perceived as atypical by expert listeners. The results indicate difficulties in using voice and speech characteristics as markers of autism spectrum disorder in clinical settings. The correct identification of some of the children as having autism spectrum disorder or not also indicates that some children with autism spectrum disorder have a prosodic production sufficiently ‘atypical’ in combination with a limited ability to tell stories to be perceived.


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