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ArticleAmerican journal of speech-language pathology2021

Validation of Articulatory Rate and Imprecision Judgments in Speech of Individuals With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Ashley A Waito, Farah Wehbe, Reeman Marzouqah, Carolina Barnett, Sanjana Shellikeri, Cindy Cui, Agessandro Abrahao, Lorne Zinman, Jordan R Green, Yana Yunusova

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Article in American journal of speech-language pathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ashley A WaitoHurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Farah WehbeDepartment of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Reeman MarzouqahDepartment of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Carolina BarnettDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto and University Health Network, Ontario, Canada.
Sanjana ShellikeriDepartment of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Philadelphia.
Cindy CuiHurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Agessandro AbrahaoHurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lorne ZinmanHurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jordan R GreenDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA.
Yana YunusovaHurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Funding

The development and validation of a novel tool for the assessment of bulbar dysfunction in ALSR01DC017291 · NIDCD · SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI JORDAN R GREEN, Yana Yunusova · 2018 to 2026
$3.6M
SPEECH MOVEMENT CLASSIFICATION FOR ASSESSING AND TREATING ALSR01DC013547 · NIDCD · MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS · PI GREEN, JORDAN R · 2014 to 2018
$3.2M
Bulbar Motor Deterioration in ALSR01DC009890 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI GREEN, JORDAN R, YUNUSOVA, YANA · 2009 to 2013
$2.3M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009890NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC013547NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC017291
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Abstract

Purpose Perceptual judgments of articulatory function are commonly used by speech-language pathologists to evaluate articulatory performance in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The goal of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties (e.g., reliability, validity) of these perceptual measures to inform their application as part of a comprehensive bulbar assessment tool in ALS. Method Preexisting data from 51 individuals with ALS were obtained from a larger longitudinal study. Five independent raters provided perceptual judgments of articulatory rate and imprecision in a sentence task. Inter- and intrarater reliability of these judgments were assessed. Perceptual ratings were correlated with an acoustic measure of articulatory rate, in syllables per second, obtained from passage-reading recordings. Both perceptual and acoustic measures were correlated with gold-standard kinematic tongue and jaw movement measures, recorded from sentences using electromagnetic articulography. Results The results revealed good inter- and intrarater reliability of perceptual judgments of articulatory function. Strong correlations were observed between perceptual ratings of articulatory rate and imprecision and acoustic measures of articulatory rate and kinematic measures of tongue speed. Conclusions These findings support the clinical application of perceptual judgments of articulatory function as valid and reliable measures of underlying articulatory changes in bulbar ALS. Additional research is needed to understand the responsiveness of these measures to clinical changes in articulatory function in ALS.

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Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisSpeechHumansJudgmentLongitudinal StudiesReproducibility of ResultsSpeech IntelligibilityTongue

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PMID33290086
PMCPMC8740582
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