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View article: Speech Acoustic Markers Detect APOE-ε4 Carrier Status in Cognitively Healthy Individuals
Speech Acoustic Markers Detect APOE-ε4 Carrier Status in Cognitively Healthy Individuals Open
Background: APOE-E4, the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), is linked to early motor vulnerability, including subtle speech control changes. Because speech integrates fine neuromotor processes, acoustic analysis co…
View article: Kinematic Correlates of Early Speech Motor Changes in Cognitively Intact APOE-ε4 Carriers: A Preliminary Study Using a Color-Word Interference Task
Kinematic Correlates of Early Speech Motor Changes in Cognitively Intact APOE-ε4 Carriers: A Preliminary Study Using a Color-Word Interference Task Open
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia and a major public health challenge. In the absence of a cure, accurate and innovative early diagnostic methods are essential for proactive life and healthcare planning. Speec…
View article: A Preliminary Investigation of Acoustic Features for Remote Monitoring of Respiration in <scp>ALS</scp>
A Preliminary Investigation of Acoustic Features for Remote Monitoring of Respiration in <span>ALS</span> Open
Introduction/Aims There is a substantial need to establish reliable approaches for low‐burden at‐home monitoring of respiratory function for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PALS). This preliminary study assessed the potential of…
View article: APOE-<i>ε4</i>Modulates Facial Neuromuscular Activity in Nondemented Adults: Toward Sensitive Speech-Based Diagnostics for Alzheimer’s Disease
APOE-<i>ε4</i>Modulates Facial Neuromuscular Activity in Nondemented Adults: Toward Sensitive Speech-Based Diagnostics for Alzheimer’s Disease Open
The APOE-ε4 allele is a genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Beyond cognitive decline, APOE-ε4 affects motor function, reducing muscle strength and coordination, potentially through mitochondrial dysfunction and oxi…
View article: Listener effort measures clinically meaningful change of dysarthria in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Listener effort measures clinically meaningful change of dysarthria in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Open
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative motor neuron disease that can cause progressive bulbar dysfunction and dysarthria, resulting in reduced quality of life. Quantitative motor speech analysis can identify features of…
View article: Speech motor impairment in ALS is associated with multiregional cortical thinning beyond primary motor cortex
Speech motor impairment in ALS is associated with multiregional cortical thinning beyond primary motor cortex Open
Introduction Cortical thinning is well-documented in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), yet its association with speech deterioration remains understudied. This study characterizes anatomical changes in the brain within …
View article: Learnings from curating a trustworthy, well-annotated, and useful dataset of disordered English speech
Learnings from curating a trustworthy, well-annotated, and useful dataset of disordered English speech Open
Project Euphonia, a Google initiative, is dedicated to improving automatic speech recognition (ASR) of disordered speech. A central objective of the project is to create a large, high-quality, and diverse speech corpus. This report describ…
View article: Automatic Speech Recognition of Conversational Speech in Individuals With Disordered Speech
Automatic Speech Recognition of Conversational Speech in Individuals With Disordered Speech Open
Purpose: This study examines the effectiveness of automatic speech recognition (ASR) for individuals with speech disorders, addressing the gap in performance between read and conversational ASR. We analyze the factors influencing this disp…
View article: The relationship of rate and pause features to the communicative participation of people living with <scp>ALS</scp>
The relationship of rate and pause features to the communicative participation of people living with <span>ALS</span> Open
Introduction/Aims Many people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PALS) report restrictions in their day‐to‐day communication (communicative participation). However, little is known about which speech features contribute to these re…
View article: Listener effort quantifies clinically meaningful progression of dysarthria in people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Listener effort quantifies clinically meaningful progression of dysarthria in people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Open
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative motor neuron disease that causes progressive muscle weakness. Progressive bulbar dysfunction causes dysarthria and thus social isolation, reducing quality of life. The Everything A…
View article: Exploring Motor Speech Disorders in Low and Minimally Verbal Autistic Individuals: An Auditory-Perceptual Analysis
Exploring Motor Speech Disorders in Low and Minimally Verbal Autistic Individuals: An Auditory-Perceptual Analysis Open
Purpose: Motor deficits are widely documented among autistic individuals, and speech characteristics consistent with a motor speech disorder have been reported in prior literature. We conducted an auditory-perceptual analysis of speech pro…
View article: Individualized white matter connectivity of the articulatory pathway: An ultra-high field study
Individualized white matter connectivity of the articulatory pathway: An ultra-high field study Open
In current sensorimotor theories pertaining to speech perception, there is a notable emphasis on the involvement of the articulatory-motor system in the processing of speech sounds. Using ultra-high field diffusion-weighted imaging at 7 Te…
View article: Vowel distinctiveness as a concurrent predictor of expressive language function in autistic children
Vowel distinctiveness as a concurrent predictor of expressive language function in autistic children Open
Speech ability may limit spoken language development in some minimally verbal autistic children. In this study, we aimed to determine whether an acoustic measure of speech production, vowel distinctiveness, is concurrently related to expre…
View article: Role of articulatory motor networks in perceptual categorization of speech signals: a 7T fMRI study
Role of articulatory motor networks in perceptual categorization of speech signals: a 7T fMRI study Open
Speech and language processing involve complex interactions between cortical areas necessary for articulatory movements and auditory perception and a range of areas through which these are connected and interact. Despite their fundamental …
View article: Feedback From Automatic Speech Recognition to Elicit Clear Speech in Healthy Speakers
Feedback From Automatic Speech Recognition to Elicit Clear Speech in Healthy Speakers Open
Purpose: This study assessed the effectiveness of feedback generated by automatic speech recognition (ASR) for eliciting clear speech from young, healthy individuals. As a preliminary step toward exploring a novel method for eliciting clea…
View article: Measuring Articulatory Patterns in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Using a Data-Driven Articulatory Consonant Distinctiveness Space Approach
Measuring Articulatory Patterns in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Using a Data-Driven Articulatory Consonant Distinctiveness Space Approach Open
Purpose: The aim of this study was to leverage data-driven approaches, including a novel articulatory consonant distinctiveness space (ACDS) approach, to better understand speech motor control in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Method…
View article: Responsiveness, Sensitivity and Clinical Utility of Timing-Related Speech Biomarkers for Remote Monitoring of ALS Disease Progression
Responsiveness, Sensitivity and Clinical Utility of Timing-Related Speech Biomarkers for Remote Monitoring of ALS Disease Progression Open
In this study, we describe the responsiveness of timing-related measures extracted from read speech in persons with ALS (pALS) collected via a remote patient monitoring platform in an effort to quantify how long it takes to detect a clinic…
View article: Remote Assessment for ALS using Multimodal Dialog Agents: Data Quality, Feasibility and Task Compliance
Remote Assessment for ALS using Multimodal Dialog Agents: Data Quality, Feasibility and Task Compliance Open
We investigate the feasibility, task compliance and audiovisual data quality of a multimodal dialog-based solution for remote assessment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). 53 people with ALS and 52 healthy controls interacted with Tin…
View article: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis–Bulbar Dysfunction Index–Remote: Test–Retest and Interrater Reliability of Candidate Items
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis–Bulbar Dysfunction Index–Remote: Test–Retest and Interrater Reliability of Candidate Items Open
Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to establish the reliability of candidate items as a step in the development of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis–Bulbar Dysfunction Index–Remote (ALS-BDI-Remote), a novel tool being developed for…
View article: Role of Articulatory Motor Networks in Perceptual Categorization of Speech Signals: A 7 T fMRI Study
Role of Articulatory Motor Networks in Perceptual Categorization of Speech Signals: A 7 T fMRI Study Open
BACKGROUND The association between brain regions involved in speech production and those that play a role in speech perception is not yet fully understood. We compared speech production related brain activity with activations resulting fro…
View article: Associations between Age and Cortical Thickness in Brain Regions Supporting Speech Motor Control
Associations between Age and Cortical Thickness in Brain Regions Supporting Speech Motor Control Open
Background Prior research has demonstrated consistent associations between age and cortical thickness, as well as longitudinal reductions in cortical thickness in older adults (e.g., Salat et al., 2004; Storsve et al., 2014). To date, the …
View article: The association between longitudinal declines in speech sound accuracy and speech intelligibility in speakers with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
The association between longitudinal declines in speech sound accuracy and speech intelligibility in speakers with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Open
The purpose of this study was to examine how neurodegeneration secondary to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) impacts speech sound accuracy over time and how speech sound accuracy, in turn, is related to speech intelligibility. Twenty-on…
View article: Oromotor skills in autism spectrum disorder: A scoping review
Oromotor skills in autism spectrum disorder: A scoping review Open
Oromotor functioning plays a foundational role in spoken communication and feeding, two areas of significant difficulty for many autistic individuals. However, despite years of research and established differences in gross and fine motor s…
View article: Acoustic Measures of Dysphonia in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Acoustic Measures of Dysphonia in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Open
Purpose: Identifying efficacious measures to characterize dysphonia in complex neurodegenerative diseases is key to optimal assessment and intervention. This study evaluates the validity and sensitivity of acoustic features of phonatory di…
View article: Comorbidity and Severity in Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Retrospective Chart Review
Comorbidity and Severity in Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Retrospective Chart Review Open
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate comorbidity prevalence and patterns in childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and their relationship to severity. Method: In this retroactive cross-sectional study, medical records for 375 c…
View article: Face and content validation of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—Bulbar dysfunction index (ALS-BDI)
Face and content validation of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—Bulbar dysfunction index (ALS-BDI) Open
Purpose Early detection and tracking of bulbar dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are critical for directing management of the disease. Existing physiological assessments of bulbar dysfunction are often inaccessible and cos…