Bulbar impairment represents a hallmark feature of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) that
significantly impacts survival and quality of life. Speech and swallowing dysfunction are key …

Background: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive
neurodegenerative condition with limited therapeutic options at present. Survival from …

This study evaluated the accuracy of personalized automatic speech recognition (ASR) for
recognizing disordered speech from a large cohort of individuals with a wide range of …

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) …

Neurophysiological studies are often designed to examine relationships between measures
from different testing conditions, time points, or analysis techniques within the same group of …

Despite significant advancements in automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology, even
the best performing ASR systems are inadequate for speakers with impaired speech. This …

We present the first public dataset with videos of oro-facial gestures performed by
individuals with oro-facial impairment due to neurological disorders, such as amyotrophic …

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 …

Although speech declines rapidly in some individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS), longitudinal changes in speech have rarely been characterized. The study objectives …

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 …