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Parkinson Disease
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University report details of new studies and findings in the area of Parkinson disease
November 19th, 2007
In this recently published study, investigators in the United States conducted a study "To examine the influence of visual information on speech intelligibility for a group of speakers with dysarthria associated with Parkinson's disease Eight speakers with Parkinson's disease and dysarthria were recorded while they read sentences. Speakers performed a concurrent manual task to facilitate typical speech production." "Twenty listeners (10 experienced and 10 inexperienced) transcribed sentences while watching and listening to videotapes of the speakers (auditory-visual mode) and while only listening to the speakers (auditory-only mode) Significant main effects were found...
Source: Pain & Central Nervous System Week (2007-11-19)
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