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Monitoring Neurological disease in Phonation [PDF]
It is well known that many neurological diseases leave a fingerprint in voice and speech production. The dramatic impact of these pathologies in life quality is a growing concert.
Fernández Baíllo, Roberto +7 more
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Parkinson’s Disease and Adductor-type Spasmodic Dysphonia are two neurological disorders that greatly decrease the quality of life of millions of patients worldwide.
Valerio Cesarini +8 more
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Reporting on psychological well-being of older adults with chronic aphasia in the context of unaffected peers [PDF]
Purpose: It is important that professionals working with individuals with acquired neurogenic communication disorders consider their clients’ psychological wellbeing. Much is known about the significant emotional, social and psychological consequences of
Cruice, M., Hickson, L., Worrall, L.
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Morell Mackenzie’s contribution to the description of spasmodic dysphonia [PDF]
Objectives: Since the middle of the 20th century most discussions of Spasmodic Dysphonia reference a paper by Ludwig Traube published in1871 as the first historical citation, crediting him with priority for this clinical syndrome.
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Imaging Studies in Focal Dystonias: A Systems Level Approach to Studying a Systems Level Disorder [PDF]
Focal dystonias are dystonias that affect one part of the body, and are sometimes task-specific. Brain imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques have been valuable in defining the pathophysiology of dystonias in general, and are ...
Blood, Anne J
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Objectives In this preliminary prospective study, we compared unilateral and bilateral thyroarytenoid muscle injections of Botulinum toxin (Dysport) in 31 patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia, who had undergone more than 5 consecutive Dysport ...
Abiola Jesuloba +10 more
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Service-based survey of dystonia in Munich [PDF]
We performed a service-based epidemiological study of dystonia in Munich, Germany. Due to favourable referral and treatment patterns in the Munich area, we could provide confident data from dystonia patients seeking botulinum toxin treatment.
Ben-Shlomo, Y. +7 more
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Introduction. This study prospectively evaluates and compares the treatment efficacy of botulinum toxin injection under electromyography guidance (EMG group) and percutaneous botulinum toxin injection under flexible fiberscopic guidance (fiberscopy group)
Jae Wook Kim +3 more
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Temporal discrimination: Mechanisms and relevance to adult-onset dystonia [PDF]
Temporal discrimination is the ability to determine that two sequential sensory stimuli are separated in time. For any individual, the temporal discrimination threshold (TDT) is the minimum interval at which paired sequential stimuli are perceived as ...
Beck, Rebecca +7 more
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Brain activity during phonation in women with muscle tension dysphonia : an fMRI study [PDF]
Objectives. The main objectives of this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study are (1) to investigate brain activity during phonation in women with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) in comparison with healthy controls; and (2) to explain the ...
Claeys, Sofie +6 more
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