Automatic measurement of prosody in behavioral variant FTD

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Authors

Naomi Nevler · Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium

Sharon Ash · Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium

Charles Jester · Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium

David J. Irwin · Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium

Mark Liberman · Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium

Murray Grossman · Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium

Abstract

Reduced f0 range reflects impaired prosody in bvFTD. This is associated with neuroanatomic networks implicated in language production and social disorders centered in the frontal lobe. These findings support the feasibility of automated speech analysis in frontotemporal dementia and other disorders.

Topics & Keywords

Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Language Development and Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Neurology

Volume 89, Issue 7, pp. 650-656

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000004236

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