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Cognitive determinants of dysarthria in Parkinson's disease: An automated machine learning approach

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García, Adolfo M., Arias‐Vergara, Tomás, C. Vasquez‐Correa, Juan, Nöth, Elmar, Schuster, Maria, Welch, Ariane E., Bocanegra, Yamile, Baena, Ana +1 more·2021·Movement Disorders

Abstract

Background: Dysarthric symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD) vary greatly across cohorts. Abundant research suggests that such heterogeneity could reflect subject‐level and task‐related cognitive factors. However, the interplay of these variables during motor speech remains underexplored, let alone by administering validated materials to carefully matched samples with varying cognitive profiles and combining automated tools with machine learning methods. Objective: We aimed to identify which speech dimensions best identify patients with PD in cognitively heterogeneous, cognitively preserved, and cognitively impaired groups through tasks with low (reading) and high (retelling) processing demands. Methods: We used support vector machines to analyze prosodic, articulatory, and phonemic identifiability features. Patient groups were compared with healthy control subjects and against each other in both tasks, using each measure separately and in combination. Results: Relative to control subjects, patients in cognitively heterogeneous and cognitively preserved groups were best discriminated by combined dysarthric signs during reading (accuracy = 84% and 80.2%). Conversely, patients with cognitive impairment were maximally discriminated from control subjects when considering phonemic identifiability during retelling (accuracy = 86.9%). This same pattern maximally distinguished between cognitively spared and impaired patients (accuracy = 72.1%). Also, cognitive (executive) symptom severity was predicted by prosody in cognitively preserved patients and by phonemic identifiability in cognitively heterogeneous and impaired groups. No measure predicted overall motor dysfunction in any group. Conclusions: Predominant dysarthric symptoms appear to be best captured through undemanding tasks in cognitively heterogeneous and preserved cohorts and through cognitively loaded tasks in patients with cognitive impairment. Further applications of this framework could enhance dysarthria assessments in PD. © 2021 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

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García, A. M., Arias‐Vergara, T., C. Vasquez‐Correa, J., Nöth, E., Schuster, M., Welch, A. E., Bocanegra, Y., Baena, A., & Orozco‐Arroyave, J. R.
Affiliations
  • Universidad de Santiago de Chile (CL)
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
  • GITA Lab, Faculty of Engineering Universidad de Antioquia UdeA Medellín Colombia
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Universidad de Antioquia (CO)
Corresponding author
  • García, Adolfo M.
  • Orozco‐Arroyave, Juan R.
Venue
Movement Disorders
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2021-08-14
Volume
36
Issue
12
Pages
2862-2873
ISSN
  • 0885-3185 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-8257
OpenAlex
W3188648095
Cited by
77
References
116
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 2
FWCI
7.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Movement Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Conicet (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (N/A)
  • COLCIENCIAS (Convocatoria Doctorado Nacional‐785)
  • Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (1210176, 1210195)
  • H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (766287)
  • Universidad de Antioquia (CODI 2014‐768, CODI 2017‐15530, CODI 2018‐23541)
  • Universidad de Santiago de Chile (Programa Interdisciplinario de Investigación Experimental en Comunicación y Cognición (PIIECC), Facultad de Humanidades, USACH)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Voice and Speech Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, dysarthria, cognitive impairment, prosody, articulatory features, cognitive heterogeneity, executive function, automated speech analysis, support vector machine
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Cognition, Dysarthria, Humans, Parkinson Disease, Speech, Cognitive Dysfunction

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