The impact of STN deep brain stimulation on speech in individuals with Parkinson's disease: The patient's perspective

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1065-1070

  Wertheimer, Jeffrey ^a,b   Gottuso, Ann Y ^a   Nuno, Miriam ^a   Walton, Carol ^b   Duboille, Aurore ^b   Tuchman, Margaret ^b   Ramig, Lorraine ^c,d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b The Parkinson Alliance   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Parkinson's disease; Speech

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VERY ELDERLY; VOICE HANDICAP INDEX; COMPLICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84908126572     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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