An Acoustic Analysis of Speech Rate Control Procedures in Parkinson's Disease [microform]
Author | : Lisa Marie Odlozinski |
Publisher | : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada |
Total Pages | : 133 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780612307384 |
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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.