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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Speech Lang Pathol. 1998 Mar;6(1):1–12.

TABLE 1.

Summary characteristics of subjects in PD group.

Subject Age Sex Hoehn & Yahr Stage Medications Dysarthria (Percent Intelligibility on AIDS) Dysarthria Characteristics Speech Rate Syll/min
PD1 62 M 2 Sinemet
Parlodel
Eldepryl
Moderate (100) Accelerated rate
Imprecise consonants
Glottal fry
Reduced stress
296
PD2 71 M 3 Sinemet Moderate-severe (93) Accelerated rate
Phoneme and word repetitions
Reduced stress
Breathy voice
Reduced pitch range
Reduced loudness
300
PD3 65 F 3 Sinemet
Eldepryl
Permax
Moderate (95) Reduced breath support
Speaks on residual volume
High fundamental frequency
Breathy voice
Word repetitions
172
PD4 74 F 2 Sinemet CR
Eldepryl
Mild-moderate (97) Glottal fry
Low pitch
Excessive pauses
125
PD5 75 F 2 Sinemet CR
Eldepryl
Parlodel
Moderate (100) Monopitch
Monoloud
Aphonia
Phonation breaks
Reduced stress
Syllable repetitions
161
PD6 56 F 3 Sinemet Severe (50) Monopitch
Monoloud
Low intensity
Reduced stress
Imprecise consonants
231
PD7 44 F 2 Sinemet
Eldepryl
Parlodel
Mild-Moderate (100) Speaks on residual volume
Low pitch
Breathy voice
Glottal fry
Reduced stress
226
PD8 67 F 3 Sinemet
Sinemet CR
Eldepryl
Moderate-severe (99) Speaks on residual volume
Low pitch
Voice tremor
Glottal fry
Monopitch
Imprecise consonants
191
PD9 60 F 2 Sinemet
Eldepryl
Permax
Mild-Moderate (100) Glottal fry
Word repetitions
Excessive pauses
Syllable repetitions
149
PD10 74 F 3 Sinemet Moderate-Severe (96) Reduced respiratory support
Monopitch
Monoloud
Breathy voice
Low intensity
Accelerated rate
Phoneme repetitions
185