Dysarthria in children and adults with ataxia telangiectasia.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the characteristics and severity of dysarthria in children and adults with ataxia telangiectasia.

Method

All children and adults with ataxia telangiectasia who visited our multidisciplinary outpatient clinic for ataxia telangiectasia were asked to participate in this study, which took place in March 2019. To evaluate dysarthria, we used the Radboud Dysarthria Assessment in adults (older than 18y) and the paediatric Radboud Dysarthria Assessment in children (5-18y), including the observational tasks 'conversation' and 'reading', and the speech-related maximum performance tasks 'repetition rate', 'phonation time', 'fundamental frequency range', and 'phonation volume'. Speech intelligibility was measured using the Intelligibility in Context Scale.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Veenhuis SJG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7986845 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature