Frequency of speech disruptions in Parkinson's Disease and developmental stuttering: A comparison among speech tasks.
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SUBMITTER: Juste FS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6005540 | biostudies-literature | 2018
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Frequency of speech disruptions in Parkinson's Disease and developmental stuttering: A comparison among speech tasks.
Juste Fabiola Staróbole FS Sassi Fernanda Chiarion FC Costa Julia Biancalana JB de Andrade Claudia Regina Furquim CRF
PloS one 20180618 6
<h4>Objective</h4>To analyze the frequency of speech disruptions across different speech tasks, comparing the performance of individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD) and DS.<h4>Method</h4>Participants were 20 people with PD, 20 people with DS and 40 fluent individuals. Speech samples were recorded during monologue speech, choral and solo oral reading. Transcriptions of 200 fluent syllables were performed to identify stuttering-like disfluencies (SLDs) and other disfluencies (ODs).<h4>Results</h ...[more]
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