Dysarthria in Mandarin-Speaking Children with Cerebral Palsy: Speech Subsystem Profiles
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| Title: | Dysarthria in Mandarin-Speaking Children with Cerebral Palsy: Speech Subsystem Profiles |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Chen, Li-Mei, Hustad, Katherine C., Kent, Ray D., Lin, Yu Ching |
| Source: | Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Mar 2018 61(3):525-548. |
| Availability: | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 2200 Research Blvd #250, Rockville, MD 20850. Tel: 301-296-5700; Fax: 301-296-8580; e-mail: slhr@asha.org; Web site: http://jslhr.pubs.asha.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 24 |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH) |
| Contract Number: | R01DC009411 U54HD090256 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Speech Impairments, Cerebral Palsy, Mandarin Chinese, Children, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Articulation (Speech), Scores, Phonetics, Suprasegmentals, Correlation |
| DOI: | 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-S-17-0065 |
| ISSN: | 1092-4388 |
| Abstract: | Purpose: This study explored the speech characteristics of Mandarin-speaking children with cerebral palsy (CP) and typically developing (TD) children to determine (a) how children in the 2 groups may differ in their speech patterns and (b) the variables correlated with speech intelligibility for words and sentences. Method: Data from 6 children with CP and a clinical diagnosis of moderate dysarthria were compared with data from 9 TD children using a multiple speech subsystems approach. Acoustic and perceptual variables reflecting 3 speech subsystems (articulatory-phonetic, phonatory, and prosodic), and speech intelligibility, were measured based on speech samples obtained from the Test of Children's Speech Intelligibility in Mandarin (developed in the lab for the purpose of this research). Results: The CP and TD children differed in several aspects of speech subsystem function. Speech intelligibility scores in children with CP were influenced by all 3 speech subsystems, but articulatory-phonetic variables had the highest correlation with word intelligibility. All 3 subsystems influenced sentence intelligibility. Conclusion: Children with CP demonstrated deficits in speech intelligibility and articulation compared with TD children. Better speech sound articulation influenced higher word intelligibility, but did not benefit sentence intelligibility. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2018 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1173908 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Purpose: This study explored the speech characteristics of Mandarin-speaking children with cerebral palsy (CP) and typically developing (TD) children to determine (a) how children in the 2 groups may differ in their speech patterns and (b) the variables correlated with speech intelligibility for words and sentences. Method: Data from 6 children with CP and a clinical diagnosis of moderate dysarthria were compared with data from 9 TD children using a multiple speech subsystems approach. Acoustic and perceptual variables reflecting 3 speech subsystems (articulatory-phonetic, phonatory, and prosodic), and speech intelligibility, were measured based on speech samples obtained from the Test of Children's Speech Intelligibility in Mandarin (developed in the lab for the purpose of this research). Results: The CP and TD children differed in several aspects of speech subsystem function. Speech intelligibility scores in children with CP were influenced by all 3 speech subsystems, but articulatory-phonetic variables had the highest correlation with word intelligibility. All 3 subsystems influenced sentence intelligibility. Conclusion: Children with CP demonstrated deficits in speech intelligibility and articulation compared with TD children. Better speech sound articulation influenced higher word intelligibility, but did not benefit sentence intelligibility. |
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| ISSN: | 1092-4388 |
| DOI: | 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-S-17-0065 |
