Table 2.
Demographic information for each diagnostic group
| SD | CVA | MS | PD | Laryngectomy | ALS | Stuttering | ||
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| N | 13 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Age | Mean (sd) | 52.8 (9.1) | 60.4 (8.3) | 50.8 (12.1) | 64.0 (6.8) | 71.7 (14.6) | 71 | 42 |
| Range | 39 - 71 | 46 – 74 (1 no report) |
37 – 67 (1 no report) |
50-69 | 60-88 | |||
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| Gender | Male | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -- | 1 |
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| Female | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -- | |
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| Communication | ADSD – 11 | Aphasia – 4 | Negligible impairment – 2 | Mild dysarthria – 4 | All using electrolarynx with good intelligibility | Mild dysarthria | Mild dysfluency | |
| Disorder | ABSD – 1 | Aphasia w/ AOS – 3 | Mild –mod cognitive – 2 | Mod dysarthria – 1 | ||||
| ADSD w/tremor – 1 | Cognitive w/dysarthria – 3 | Mild cognitive w/ mild dysarthria – 2 | Mild dysarthria w/mild cognitive - 2 | |||||
| All receiving botox | Dysarthria - 2 | Mod cognitive w/ mild dysarthria - 1 | ||||||
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| Time Since Diagnosis (years) | Mean (sd) | 10.1 (5.9) | 8.2 (7.4) | 15.4 (5.8) | 5.5 (4.1) | 5.3 (5.1) | 1 year | Childhood onset |
| Range | 1-21 | 0.5 - 24 | 6-20 | 1.5 - 14 | 1 - 11 | |||
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| Work Status | Full time | 9 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
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| Part time | 3 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | |
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| Retired | -- | 3 | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | |
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| Not working due to condition or other | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | |
Notes: SD – Spasmodic dysphonia; CVA – Cerebrovascular accident (stroke); MS – Multiple Sclerosis; PD – Parkinsons Disease; ALS – Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; ADSD – Adductor SD; ABSD – Abductor SD; AOS – apraxia of speech; WFL – within functional limits;