Influence of speech task and utterance length on the measurement of pitch variability in the speech of Parkinson's disease patients after deep brain stimulation

Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects patients voice characteristics, reducing pitch variability compared to normal controls (1,2). Previous reports have shown an increase in pitch variability due to deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the Subthalamic nucleus (STN) (3). For patients stimulated in caudal zona...

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Main Authors: Doorn, Jan van, Karlsson, Fredrik
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Logopedi 2013
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-73374