Phonation biomechanics in quantifying parkinson’s disease symptom severity

P. Gómez-Vilda*, A. Álvarez-Marquina, A. Tsanas, C. A. Lázaro-Carrascosa, V. Rodellar-Biarge, V. Nieto-Llui, R. Martínez-Olalla

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract / Description of output

It is known that Parkinson’s Disease (PD) leaves marks in phonation dystonia and tremor. These marks can be expressed as a function of biomechanical characteristics monitoring vocal fold tension and imbalance. These features may assist tracing the neuromotor activity of laryngeal pathways. Therefore these features may be used in grading the stage of a PD patient efficiently, frequently and remotely by telephone or VoIP channels. The present work is devoted to describe and compare the PD symptom severity quantification from neuromotor-sensitive features with respect to other features on a telephone-recorded database. The results of these comparisons are presented and discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
PublisherSpringer
Pages93-102
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-28109-4
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-28107-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jan 2016

Publication series

NameSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume48
ISSN (Print)2190-3018
ISSN (Electronic)2190-3026

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Aging voice
  • Dysarthria
  • Neurologic disease
  • Parkinson’s disease (PD)
  • Speech neuromotor activity

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