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ArticleJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2019

Regularity Matters: Unpredictable Speech Degradation Inhibits Adaptation to Dysarthric Speech.

Kaitlin L Lansford, Stephanie A Borrie, Tyson S Barrett

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04897711 (Perceptual Training for Improved Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04897711 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Perceptual Training for Improved Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech

TypeinterventionalSponsorUtah State UniversityRan2021 to 2023Enrolled217ConditionsDysarthria, Intelligibility, SpeechArmsPerceptual Training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Perceptual Learning and Predictability of Children's Speech.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2026
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  5. Cognitive Predictors of Perception and Adaption to Dysarthric Speech in Older Adults.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2025
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  6. Perceptual Learning of Dysarthria in Adolescence.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2023
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  8. Cognitive Predictors of Perception and Adaptation to Dysarthric Speech in Young Adult Listeners.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2023
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  11. A Perceptual Learning Approach for Dysarthria Remediation: An Updated Review.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2021
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  15. Generalized Learning of Dysarthric Speech Between Male and Female Talkers.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kaitlin L LansfordSchool of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Stephanie A BorrieDepartment of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, Logan.
Tyson S BarrettDepartment of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan.

Funding

Speech rhythm entrainment in the context of dysarthriaR21DC016084 · NIDCD · UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BORRIE, STEPHANIE ANNA · 2017 to 2019
$429k
NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC016084
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose Listener-targeted perceptual training paradigms, which leverage the mechanism of perceptual learning, show strong promise for improving intelligibility in dysarthria, offsetting the communicative burden from the speaker onto the listener. Theoretical models of perceptual learning underscore the importance of acoustic regularity (i.e., signal predictability) for listener adaptation to degraded speech. The purpose of the current investigation was to evaluate intelligibility outcomes following perceptual training with hyperkinetic dysarthria, a subtype characterized by reduced signal predictability. Method Forty listeners completed the standard 3-phase perceptual training protocol (pretest, training, and posttest) with 1 of 2 talkers with hyperkinetic dysarthria. Perceptual data were compared to a historical data set for 1 other talker with hyperkinetic dysarthria to examine the effect of perceptual training on intelligibility. Results When controlling for pretest intelligibility, regression results suggest listeners of the 2 novel talkers with hyperkinetic dysarthria performed comparably to the listeners of the original talker on the posttest following training. Furthermore, differences between pretest and posttest intelligibility failed to reach clinical significance for all 3 talkers and statistical significance for 2 of the 3. Conclusion The current findings are consistent with theoretical models of perceptual learning and suggest that listener adaptation to degraded speech may be negligible for talkers with dysarthria whose speech is marked by reduced signal predictability.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalAdolescentAdultDysarthriaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSpeech IntelligibilitySpeech PerceptionVerbal LearningYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID31747531
PMCPMC7201327

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