Speech Movement Measures as Markers of Bulbar Disease in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Conclusions Longitudinal analyses of sentence-level kinematic data show their sensitivity to early bulbar impairment. A change in articulatory kinematics can serve as a useful diagnostic marker for bulbar ALS and to track bulbar disease progression in a clinical setting.
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research