Volume : IV, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

ANALYSIS OF VOT IN THE SPEECH OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Dr. Santosh Kumar

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Parkinson’s disease is a hypokinetic dysarthria. Loss of dopamine in the corpus stratia is the primary defect in Parkinson‘s disease. The present study included 12 normal persons and 12 persons with Parkinson’s disease. All normal persons were normal in terms of Speech, Language and Heå and had no history of neurological problems. Persons with Parkinson’s disease were diagnosed by a neurologist after a MRI/CT scan. Participants were asked to narrate the picture story “The Thirsty Crow”. Speech samples were recorded and analyzed with Praat software. Results revealed significant difference between normal persons and persons with parkinson’s disease on voice onset time.

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Dr. Santosh Kumar Analysis of VOT in the Speech of Parkinson¥s Disease International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 8 August 2015

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