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Motor speech signature of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia: Refining the phenotype

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OBJECTIVE: To provide a comprehensive description of motor speech function in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). METHODS: Forty-eight individuals (24 bvFTD and 24 age- and sex-matched healthy controls) provided speech samples. These varied in complexity and thus cognitive demand. Their language was assessed using the Progressive Aphasia Language Scale and verbal fluency tasks. Speech was analyzed perceptually to describe the nature of deficits and acoustically to quantify differences between patients with bvFTD and healthy controls. Cortical thickness and subcortical volume derived from MRI scans were correlated with speech outcomes in patients with bvFTD. RESULTS: Speech of affected individuals was significantly different from that of healthy controls. The speech signature of patients with bvFTD is characterized by a reduced rate (75%) and accuracy (65%) on alternating syllable production tasks, and prosodic deficits including reduced speech rate (45%), prolonged intervals (54%), and use of short phrases (41%). Groups differed on acoustic measures derived from the reading, unprepared monologue, and diadochokinetic tasks but not the days of the week or sustained vowel tasks. Variability of silence length was associated with cortical thickness of the inferior frontal gyrus and insula and speech rate with the precentral gyrus. CONCLUSIONS: One in 8 patients presented with moderate speech timing deficits with a further two-thirds rated as mild or subclinical. Subtle but measurable deficits in prosody are common in bvFTD and should be considered during disease management. Language function correlated with speech timing measures derived from the unprepared monologue only.

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Authors
Vogel, A. P., Poole, M. L., Pemberton, H., Caverlé, M. W. J., Boonstra, F. M. C., Low, E., Darby, D., & Brodtmann, A.
Affiliations
Box Hill Hospital (AU)
Venue
Neurology
Published
2017-08-22
Volume
89
Issue
8
Pages
837-844
ISSN
  • 0028-3878 (ISSN-L)
  • 1526-632X
OpenAlex
W2738539667
Cited by
49
References
41
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FWCI
3.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › Voice and Speech Disorders
Keywords
behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, motor speech, prosody, speech rate, speech acoustics, cortical thickness, inferior frontal gyrus, insula, precentral gyrus, speech fluency, language functions
MeSH terms
Cerebral Cortex, Female, Humans, Lactose Tolerance Test, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Skills, Organ Size, Phenotype, Speech, Speech Production Measurement, Frontotemporal Dementia

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