Dragicevic DA, Dahl KL, Perkins Z, Abur D, Stepp CE. Effects of a Concurrent Working Memory Task on Speech Acoustics in Parkinson's Disease.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY 2024;
33:418-434. [PMID:
38081054 PMCID:
PMC11001185 DOI:
10.1044/2023_ajslp-23-00214]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
Abstract
PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a concurrent working memory task on acoustic measures of speech in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD).
METHOD
Individuals with PD and age- and sex-matched controls performed a speaking task with and without a Stroop-like concurrent working memory task. Cepstral peak prominence, low-to-high spectral energy ratio, fundamental frequency (fo) standard deviation, articulation rate, pause duration, articulatory-acoustic vowel space, relative fo, mean voice onset time (VOT), and VOT variability were calculated for each condition. Mixed-model analyses of variance were performed to determine the effects of group, condition (presence of the concurrent working memory task), and their interaction on the acoustic measures.
RESULTS
All measures except for VOT variability, mean pause duration, and relative fo offset differed between people with and without PD. Cepstral peak prominence, articulation rate, and relative fo offset differed as a function of condition. However, no measures indicated disparate effects of condition as a function of group.
CONCLUSION
Although differentially impactful on limb motor function in PD, here a concurrent working memory task was not found to be differentially disruptive to speech acoustics in PD.
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL
https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24759648.
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