Speech Intelligibility of Patients With P D Compared to First Degree Relatives of P D Patients

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Parkinson's Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01776879

0556-12 (Other Identifier)

TASMC-12-TG-0556-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will examine speech intelligibility of early parkinson's disease (PD) patients, early PD patients and first degree relatives. The investigators hypothesis that advanced PD patients will present decreased speech intelligibility more than early PD patients. Speech intelligibility of first degree relatives will be normal.

Full description

in order to achieve the study's goals objective and subjective research tools will be used.

Objective tools include measuring phonation time, diadokokinetic movements of the oral structures and acoustic analysis .

Subjective tools include self reported questionnaires.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:A

• Advanced PD patients
• Early PD patients
• First degree relatives

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with decreased cognitive abilities
• Patients who participate in speech therapy

Trial design

60 participants in 3 patient groups

early & advanced PD 1st degree relatives

Description:

no intervention is performed in the study

recording speech and voice

Description:

no intervention(s) will be administered

speech intelligibility

Description:

no intervention(s) will be administered