Intrinsic Fundamental Frequency Related to Lexical Stress in the Speech of People With Parkinson's Disease

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ID3956381
AuthorsRui Rothe-Neves (0000-0002-8896-8862, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Marcelo Vieira (0000-0003-1339-1584, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Year2015
Volume17
Issue2
Pages126-148
Publication date2015-12-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Diadorim (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1980-2552 • E-ISSN: 2675-1216
PublisherPrograma de Pos-Graduacao em Letras Vernaculas - PPGLEV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.35520/diadorim.2015.v17n2a4073
OpenAlexW4244375336
LanguageEN
References cited8

Intrinsic fundamental frequency (IF0) refers to a systematic difference in f0 between vowels of different heights in a similar phonetic context: high vowels tend to have higher f0 than lower vowels. Various hypotheses as to the cause of IF0 have been raised, differing mainly on the nature they attribute to the phenomenon: whether it is passive (automatic), resulting from articulatory movements that reach these segments without intending IF0 specifically; or active (controlled), deliberately generated due to reasons of perception or compensatory processes. In this article, we hope to contribute to the debate with f0 data obtained from patients suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD). 631 / a, i / vowels were analysed from recordings of an extract of text read aloud. As a result, IF0 was observed not only in participants from the control group, but also from the PD group, and the trends for participants with dysarthria were no different from those in the control group in the stressed syllable. The fact that we did not observe significant differences between the groups favours the hypothesis that IF0 is automatic. As dysarthric subjects have impaired motor control, the fact that they display IF0 with no difference from the individuals in the control group suggests that the mechanism involved in the phenomenon is similar for both. Our data does not permit us to indicate clearly which biomechanical mechanism would be the best causal explanation for these differences between high and low vowels, but they appear to be consistent with the hypotheses that emphasize the importance of tongue height

Audiology · Biology · Cognitive psychology · Dysarthria · Linguistics · Perception · Phenomenon · Syllable · Tip of the tongue · Tongue · Vowel · Communication · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · Medicine · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Speech Recognition and Synthesis · Voice and Speech Disorders

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