Serge Pinto, Rita Cardoso, Cyril Atkinson-Clement, Isabel Guimarães, Jasmin Sadat, Helena Santos, Céline Mercier, Joana Carvalho, Marie-Charlotte Cuartero, Pedro Oliveira, Pauline Welby, Sónia Frota, Emilie Cavazzini, Marina Vigário, Alban Letanneux, Marisa Cruz, Coralie Brulefert, Morgane Desmoulins, Isabel Pavão Martins, Rui Rothe-Neves, François Viallet, Joaquim J Ferreira
PURPOSE: Cross-language studies suggest more similarities than differences in how dysarthria affects the speech of people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) who speak different languages. In this study, we aimed to identify the relative contribution of acoustic variables to distinguish PwPD from controls who spoke varieties of two Romance languages, French and Portuguese. METHOD: This bi-national, cross-sectional, and case-controlled study included 129 PwPD and 124 healthy controls who spoke French or Portuguese...
May 16, 2024: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: JSLHR