Automatic measurement of prosody in behavioral variant FTD

Conclusions:
Reduced f0 range reflects impaired prosody in bvFTD. This is associated with neuroanatomic networks implicated in language production and social disorders centered in the frontal lobe. These findings support the feasibility of automated speech analysis in frontotemporal dementia and other disorders.

Source: Neurology - August 14, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Nevler, N., Ash, S., Jester, C., Irwin, D. J., Liberman, M., Grossman, M. Tags: Executive function, Frontotemporal dementia, Dementia aphasia ARTICLE Source Type: research