Effect of speech therapy and pharmacological treatment in prosody of parkinsonians.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 73(1): 30-5, 2015 Jan.
Article
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| ID: mdl-25608124
OBJECTIVE: Parkinsonian patients usually present speech impairment. The aim of this study was to verify the influence of levodopa and of the adapted Lee Silverman Vocal Treatment® method on prosodic parameters employed by parkinsonian patients. METHOD: Ten patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease using levodopa underwent recording of utterances produced in four stages: expressing attitudes of certainty and doubt and declarative and interrogative modalities. The sentences were recorded under the effect of levodopa (on), without the effect of levodopa (off); before and after speech therapy during the on and off periods. RESULTS: The speech therapy and its association with drug treatment promoted the improvement of prosodic parameters: increase of fundamental frequency measures, reduction of measures of duration and greater intensity. CONCLUSION: The association of speech therapy to medication treatment is of great value in improving the communication of parkinsonian patients.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doença de Parkinson
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Distúrbios da Fala
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Fonoterapia
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Levodopa
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Antiparkinsonianos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Alemanha