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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease reports2023

Apraxia of Speech in the Spontaneous Speech of Nonfluent/Agrammatic Primary Progressive Aphasia.

Sharon Ash, Naomi Nevler, David J Irwin, Sanjana Shellikeri, Katya Rascovsky, Leslie Shaw, Edward B Lee, John Q Trojanowski, Murray Grossman

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sharon AshPenn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center and Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Naomi NevlerPenn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center and Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
David J IrwinPenn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center and Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sanjana ShellikeriPenn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center and Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Katya RascovskyPenn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center and Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Leslie ShawDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Edward B LeeDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
John Q TrojanowskiPenn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center and Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Murray GrossmanPenn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center and Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
University of Pennsylvania · USHospital of the University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Understanding Environmental Contributions to Heterogeneity in bvFTD.P01AG066597 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI David John Irwin, Corey T McMillan · 2020 to 2026
$18.8M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG066597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a core feature of nonfluent/agrammatic primary progressive aphasia (naPPA), but its precise characteristics and the prevalence of AOS features in spontaneous speech are debated. Objective: To assess the frequency of features of AOS in the spontaneous, connected speech of individuals with naPPA and to evaluate whether these features are associated with an underlying motor disorder such as corticobasal syndrome or progressive supranuclear palsy. Methods: We examined features of AOS in 30 patients with naPPA using a picture description task. We compared these patients to 22 individuals with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and 30 healthy controls. Each speech sample was evaluated perceptually for lengthened speech segments and quantitatively for speech sound distortions, pauses between and within words, and articulatory groping. We compared subgroups of naPPA with and without at least two features of AOS to assess the possible contribution of a motor impairment to speech production deficits. Results: naPPA patients produced both speech sound distortions and other speech sound errors. Speech segmentation was found in 27/30 (90%) of individuals. Distortions were identified in 8/30 (27%) of individuals, and other speech sound errors occurred in 18/30 (60%) of individuals. Frequent articulatory groping was observed in 6/30 (20%) of individuals. Lengthened segments were observed rarely. There were no differences in the frequencies of AOS features among naPPA subgroups as a function of extrapyramidal disease. Conclusion: Features of AOS occur with varying frequency in the spontaneous speech of individuals with naPPA, independently of an underlying motor disorder.

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Languagephoneticsprimary progressive nonfluent aphasiaspeechverbal apraxia

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PMID37313492
PMCPMC10259074
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