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Characterizing Spoken Discourse In Individuals With Parkinson Disease Without Dementia, Angela C. Roberts
Characterizing Spoken Discourse In Individuals With Parkinson Disease Without Dementia, Angela C. Roberts
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Background: The effects of disease (PD) on cognition, word retrieval, syntax, and speech/voice processes may interact to manifest uniquely in spoken language tasks. A handful of studies have explored spoken discourse production in PD and, while not ubiquitously, have reported a number of impairments including: reduced words per minute, reduced grammatical complexity, reduced informativeness, and increased verbal disruption. Methodological differences have impeded cross-study comparisons. As such, the profile of spoken language impairments in PD remains ambiguous.
Method: A cross-genre, multi-level discourse analysis, prospective, cross-sectional between groups study design was conducted with 19 PD participants (Mage = 70.74, M …