Tongue Body Kinematics in Parkinson s Disease

Parkinson's Disease affects not only gross motor but also speech motor control. Standard treatment options are drug treatment with levodopa and surgical treatment with deep brain stimulation.

Autorentext

Tabea Thies holds a PhD in Phonetics from the University of Cologne. She works at the interface of phonetics and neurology. Her research focuses on the acoustic and kinematic analysis of speech in individuals with movement disorders.

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Contents Tabia Thies Introduction-Parkinson's Disease-Speech Production-Speech in Parkinson's Disease- Methods- Results: Disease Effect- Results: Levodopa Effect- Results: DBS Effect- Results: Levodopa vs STN-DBS- Results: Electrode Effect -Discussion - Conclusion- Appendix-References