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ArticleJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2025

Disease-Specific Speech Movement Characteristics of the Tongue and Jaw.

Claudia Raines, Antje Mefferd

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Claudia RainesDepartment of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.ORCID 0000-0003-4272-2469
Antje MefferdDepartment of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Funding

Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) -Identifying correlates of functional immunity in SARS-CoV-2 convalescent plasmaUL1TR002243 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Paul A. Harris, Wesley H Self · 2017 to 2026
$130.7M
A taxonomic articulation-focused approach to dysarthria classificationR01DC019648 · NIDCD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Antje Mefferd · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
Translational Interdisciplinary Research Training in Communication Sciences and DisordersT32DC020141 · NIDCD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Melissa C Duff · 2023 to 2026
$945k
Tongue- and Jaw-Specific Contributions to Vowel Acoustic Changes: Towards a Mechanistic Model of Intelligibility Loss and Recovery in DysarthriaR03DC015075 · NIDCD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MEFFERD, ANTJE · 2016 to 2018
$474k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002243NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC019648NIDCD NIH HHS R03 DC015075NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC020141
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Abstract

purposeTo advance our understanding of disease-specific articulatory impairment patterns in speakers with dysarthria, this study investigated the articulatory performance of the tongue and jaw in speakers with differing neurological diseases (Parkinson's disease [PD], amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, and Huntington's disease).

methodFifty-seven speakers with dysarthria and 30 controls produced the sentence "Buy Kaia a kite" five times. A three-dimensional electromagnetic articulography was used to record the articulatory movements of the posterior tongue and jaw. Sentence-length kinematic measures (e.g., duration, tongue range of motion [ROM], jaw ROM, tongue speed, jaw speed) were extracted.

resultsResults revealed significant group effects for the duration, jaw ROM, and tongue speed but not for tongue ROM. Post hoc pairwise comparisons revealed more significant between-groups differences for duration and jaw ROM than for tongue speed. Statistically significant findings between clinical groups were predominantly driven by the difference between speakers with PD and speakers of other clinical groups.

conclusionsReduced jaw ROM and trends toward reduced tongue ROM confirm hypokinesia as a distinguishing motor feature of speakers with PD. However, deviancies in speed or movement duration did not emerge as a distinguishing motor feature for any of the four studied clinical groups. Nevertheless, movement duration, but not movement speed, may be useful to index dysarthria severity.

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DysarthriaJawSpeechTongueAdultAgedAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisBiomechanical PhenomenaFemaleHumansHuntington DiseaseMaleMiddle AgedMovementMultiple SclerosisParkinson Disease

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PMID39813072
PMCPMC12337108

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