2021
Speech intelligibility loss due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: the effect of tongue movement reduction on vowel and consonant acoustic features
Rong P, Usler E, Rowe L, Allison K, Woo J, Fakhri G, Green J. Speech intelligibility loss due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: the effect of tongue movement reduction on vowel and consonant acoustic features. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 2021, 35: 1091-1112. PMID: 33427505, DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2020.1868021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcousticsAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisDysarthriaHumansMovementSpeech AcousticsSpeech IntelligibilitySpeech Production MeasurementTongueConceptsTarget wordsIntelligence declineSpeech intelligibilityPredictors of speech intelligibilityDysarthria secondary to amyotrophic lateral sclerosisMotor performanceHealthy controlsReduced speech intelligibilityAcoustic featuresPhonetic distinctionsSpeech soundsRobust predictorsTongue movementDisease-related changesSpeech intelligibility declinesAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisTongue dynamicsMeasurement typesReduced rangeImpaired tongue movementMovement reductionWordsTongue bladeVowelsSpeech
2019
Atlas-Based Tongue Muscle Correlation Analysis From Tagged and High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Xing F, Stone M, Goldsmith T, Prince J, El Fakhri G, Woo J. Atlas-Based Tongue Muscle Correlation Analysis From Tagged and High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2019, 62: 2258-2269. PMID: 31265364, PMCID: PMC6808360, DOI: 10.1044/2019_jslhr-s-18-0495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternal tongue musclesFloor of mouthMagnetic resonance imagingHigh-resolution magnetic resonance imagingMuscle pairsTongue musclesRehabilitation strategiesSpeech sound productionResonance imagingCoordination patternsSpeech motor controlMuscle locationDisease populationMotion of muscleMotor controlIntersubjective behaviorsManually labeled masksMuscleGlossectomy patientsExtrinsic tongue musclesControl subjectsBloc movementFunctional lossPatientsMotion patterns