Assessing disordered speech and voice in Parkinson's disease: A telerehabilitation application

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 630-644

  Constantinescu, Gabriella ^a   Theodoros, Deborah ^a   Russell, Trevor ^a   Ward, Elizabeth ^a   Wilson, Stephen ^a   Wootton, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Scottish Centre for Telehealth   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet based assessment; Parkinson's disease; Speech and voice disorder; Telerehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STANDARD; TELEMEDICINE; THECA CELL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TELEMEDICINE; THECA CELLS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 77957893053     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820903470569     Document Type: Article

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