Perceptual Classification of Motor Speech Disorders: The Role of Severity, Speech Task, and Listener's Expertise.

Purpose: The clinical diagnosis of motor speech disorders (MSDs) is mainly based on perceptual approaches. However, studies on perceptual classification of MSDs often indicate low classification accuracy. The aim of this study was to determine in a forced-choice dichotomous decision-making task (a)...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 65; no. 8; pp. 2727 - 2748
Autores principales: Pernon, Michaela, Assal, Frédéric, Kodrasi, Ina, Laganaro, Marina
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Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Aug2022
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        atl: Perceptual Classification of Motor Speech Disorders: The Role of Severity, Speech Task, and Listener's Expertise.
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          Pernon, Michaela
          Assal, Frédéric
          Kodrasi, Ina
          Laganaro, Marina
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          Neurology Department, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
          Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
          Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie, UMR 7018, CNRS-Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France
          CRMR Wilson & Parkinson Unit, Neurology Department, Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris, France
          Signal Processing for Communication Group, Idiap Research Institute, Martigny, Switzerland
          Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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        Speech disorders
        Sensory perception
        Task performance
        Decision making
        Speech apraxia
        Dysarthria
        Speech evaluation
        Comparative studies
        Clinical competence
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          Speech disorders
          Sensory perception
          Task performance
          Decision making
          Speech apraxia
          Dysarthria
          Speech evaluation
          Comparative studies
          Clinical competence
      ab: Purpose: The clinical diagnosis of motor speech disorders (MSDs) is mainly based on perceptual approaches. However, studies on perceptual classification of MSDs often indicate low classification accuracy. The aim of this study was to determine in a forced-choice dichotomous decision-making task (a) how accuracy of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in perceptually classifying apraxia of speech (AoS) and dysarthria is impacted by speech task, severity of MSD, and listener's expertise and (b) which perceptual features they use to classify. Method: Speech samples from 29 neurotypical speakers, 14 with hypokinetic dysarthria associated with Parkinson's disease (HD), 10 with poststroke AoS, and six with mixed dysarthria associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (MD-FlSp [combining flaccid and spastic dysarthria]), were classified by 20 expert SLPs and 20 student SLPs. Speech samples were elicited in spontaneous speech, text reading, oral diadochokinetic (DDK) tasks, and a sample concatenating text reading and DDK. For each recorded speech sample, SLPs answered three dichotomic questions following a diagnostic approach, (a) neurotypical versus pathological speaker, (b) AoS versus dysarthria, and (c) MD-FlSp versus HD, and a multiple-choice question on the features their decision was based on. Results: Overall classification accuracy was 72% with good interrater reliability, varying with SLP expertise, speech task, and MSD severity. Correct classification of speech samples was higher for speakers with dysarthria than for AoS and higher for HD than for MD-FlSp. Samples elicited with continuous speech reached the best classification rates. An average number of three perceptual features were used for correct classifications, and their type and combination differed between the three MSDs. Conclusions: The auditory-perceptual classification of MSDs in a diagnostic approach reaches substantial performance only in expert SLPs with continuous speech samples, albeit with lower accuracy for AoS. Specific training associated with objective classification tools seems necessary to improve recognition of neurotypical speech and distinction between AoS and dysarthria.
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