Acoustic and perceptual speech characteristics of native Mandarin speakers with Parkinson's disease.

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Acoustic and perceptual speech characteristics of native Mandarin speakers with Parkinson's disease.

J Acoust Soc Am. 2017 Mar;141(3):EL293

Authors: Hsu SC, Jiao Y, McAuliffe MJ, Berisha V, Wu RM, Levy ES

Abstract
This study examines acoustic features of speech production in speakers of Mandarin with Parkinson's disease (PD) and relates them to intelligibility outcomes. Data from 11 participants with PD and 7 controls are compared on several acoustic measures. In speakers with PD, the strength of association between these measures and intelligibility is investigated. Speakers with PD exhibited significant differences in fundamental frequency, pitch variation, vowel space, and rate relative to controls. However, in contrast to the English studies, speech rate was consistently slow and most strongly correlated with intelligibility. Thus, acoustic cues that strongly influence intelligibility in PD may vary cross-linguistically.

PMID: 28372040 [PubMed - in process]

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