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Rhythmic performance in hypokinetic dysarthria: Relationship between reading, spontaneous speech and diadochokinetic tasks

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Highlights • We investigated speech rhythm in people with Parkinson’s Disease (PwPD) and controls.• Even mildly affected PwPD differed from controls in their rhythmic performance.• PwPD showed less difference between… Click to show full abstract

Highlights • We investigated speech rhythm in people with Parkinson’s Disease (PwPD) and controls.• Even mildly affected PwPD differed from controls in their rhythmic performance.• PwPD showed less difference between reading and spontaneous speech.• Spontaneous speech highlighted more differences between speakers than reading.• DDK performance did not relate to rhythmic behaviour in connected speech.

Keywords: reading spontaneous; performance hypokinetic; spontaneous speech; performance; rhythmic performance

Journal Title: Journal of Communication Disorders
Year Published: 2018

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