Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that results in a
constellation of problematic symptoms and a high patient and caregiver burden …

Bulbar dysfunction is a common presentation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and
significantly impacts quality of life of people with ALS (PALS). The current paper reviews …

Purpose The impact of clear speech, increased vocal intensity, and rate reduction on
acoustic characteristics of vowels was compared in speakers with Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to create an empirical classification system for
speech severity in patients with dysarthria secondary to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …

Purpose The goal of this study was to identify the effects of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) on tongue and jaw control, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. The data were …

Purpose To determine the mechanisms of speech intelligibility impairment due to neurologic
impairments, intelligibility decline was modeled as a function of co-occurring changes in the …

BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) is a
neurodegenerative disease that results in progressive muscle weakness and wasting. There …

Abstract Purpose Neurodegenerative motor diseases (NMDs) have devastating effects on
the lives of patients and their loved ones, in part due to the impact of neurologic …

Background: Objective symptom monitoring of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS) has the potential to provide an important source of information to evaluate the impact …

Purpose The purpose of this article was to validate a novel acoustic analysis of oral
diadochokinesis (DDK) in assessing bulbar motor involvement in amyotrophic lateral …