Intensive Treatment of Dysarthria Secondary to Stroke

Autor/inn/en	Mahler, Leslie A.; Ramig, Lorraine O.
Titel	Intensive Treatment of Dysarthria Secondary to Stroke
Quelle	In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 26 (2012) 8, S.681-694 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0269-9206
DOI	10.3109/02699206.2012.696173
Schlagwörter	Vowels; Speech Impairments; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Neurological Impairments; Program Effectiveness; Speech Communication; Speech Language Pathology; Phonology; Mutual Intelligibility; Aphasia; Older Adults; Auditory Perception; Language Impairments; Acoustics; Beck Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Fonologie; Expressive Aphasie; Aphasie; Älterer Erwachsener; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech impairments; Language handicaps
Abstract	This study investigated the impact of a well-defined behavioral dysarthria treatment on acoustic and perceptual measures of speech in four adults with dysarthria secondary to stroke. A single-subject A-B-A experimental design was used to measure the effects of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT[R]LOUD) on the speech of individual participants. Dependent measures included vocal sound pressure level, phonatory stability, vowel space area, and listener ratings of speech, voice and intelligibility. Statistically significant improvements (p less than 0.05) in vocal dB SPL and phonatory stability as well as larger vowel space area were present for all participants. Listener ratings suggested improved voice quality and more natural speech post-treatment. Speech intelligibility scores improved for one of four participants. These data suggest that people with dysarthria secondary to stroke can respond positively to intensive speech treatments such as LSVT. Further studies are needed to investigate speech treatments specific to stroke. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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