Predicting Early Bulbar Decline in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Speech Subsystem Approach
Purpose. To develop a predictive model of speech loss in persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) based on measures of respiratory, phonatory, articulatory, and resonatory functions that were selected using a data-mining approach. Method. Physiologic speech subsystem (respiratory, phonatory,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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Series: | Behavioural Neurology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/183027 |