Changes in Phonation and Their Relations with Progress of
Parkinson’s Disease

J 2018

Changes in Phonation and Their Relations with Progress of Parkinson’s Disease

GALAZ, Zoltan, Jiri MEKYSKA, Vojtech ZVONCAK, Jan MUCHA, Tomas KISKA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Changes in Phonation and Their Relations with Progress of Parkinson’s Disease

Authors

GALAZ, Zoltan (203 Czech Republic), Jiri MEKYSKA (203 Czech Republic), Vojtech ZVONCAK (203 Czech Republic), Jan MUCHA (203 Czech Republic), Tomas KISKA (203 Czech Republic), Zdenek SMEKAL (203 Czech Republic), Ilona ELIÁŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martina MRAČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Milena KOŠŤÁLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Irena REKTOROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Marcos FAUNDEZ-ZANUY (724 Spain), Jesus B. ALONSO-HERNANDEZ (724 Spain) and Vilda GOMEZ-VILDA (724 Spain)

Edition

APPLIED SCIENCES, Basel, MDPI, 2018, 2076-3417

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30103 Neurosciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.217

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14740/18:00106964

Organization unit

Central European Institute of Technology

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app8122339

UT WoS

000455145000007

Keywords in English

phonation; acoustic analysis; follow-up study; hypokinetic dysarthria; Parkinson’s disease

Abstract

V originále

Hypokinetic dysarthria, which is associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD), affects several speech dimensions, including phonation. Although the scientific community has dealt with a quantitative analysis of phonation in PD patients, a complex research revealing probable relations between phonatory features and progress of PD is missing. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore these relations and model them mathematically to be able to estimate progress of PD during a two-year follow-up. We enrolled 51 PD patients who were assessed by three commonly used clinical scales. In addition, we quantified eight possible phonatory disorders in five vowels. To identify the relationship between baseline phonatory features and changes in clinical scores, we performed a partial correlation analysis. Finally, we trained XGBoost models to predict the changes in clinical scores during a two-year follow-up. For two years, the patients’ voices became more aperiodic with increased microperturbations of frequency and amplitude. Next, the XGBoost models were able to predict changes in clinical scores with an error in range 11–26%. Although we identified some significant correlations between changes in phonatory features and clinical scores, they are less interpretable. This study suggests that it is possible to predict the progress of PD based on the acoustic analysis of phonation. Moreover, it recommends utilizing the sustained vowel /i/ instead of /a/.

Links

NV16-30805A, research and development project

Name: Efekt neinvazivní stimulace mozku na hypokinetickou dysartrii, mikrografii a mozkovou plasticitu u pacientů s Parkinsonovou nemocí

Citovat

GALAZ, Zoltan, Jiri MEKYSKA, Vojtech ZVONCAK, Jan MUCHA, Tomas KISKA, Zdenek SMEKAL, Ilona ELIÁŠOVÁ, Martina MRAČKOVÁ, Milena KOŠŤÁLOVÁ, Irena REKTOROVÁ, Marcos FAUNDEZ-ZANUY, Jesus B. ALONSO-HERNANDEZ and Vilda GOMEZ-VILDA. Changes in Phonation and Their Relations with Progress of Parkinson’s Disease. APPLIED SCIENCES. Basel: MDPI, 2018, vol. 8, No 2339, p. 1-18. ISSN 2076-3417. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app8122339.

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N2  - Hypokinetic dysarthria, which is associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD), affects several speech dimensions, including phonation. Although the scientific community has dealt with a quantitative analysis of phonation in PD patients, a complex research revealing probable relations between phonatory features and progress of PD is missing. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore these relations and model them mathematically to be able to estimate progress of PD during a two-year follow-up. We enrolled 51 PD patients who were assessed by three commonly used clinical scales. In addition, we quantified eight possible phonatory disorders in five vowels. To identify the relationship between baseline phonatory features and changes in clinical scores, we performed a partial correlation analysis. Finally, we trained XGBoost models to predict the changes in clinical scores during a two-year follow-up. For two years, the patients’ voices became more aperiodic with increased microperturbations of frequency and amplitude. Next, the XGBoost models were able to predict changes in clinical scores with an error in range 11–26%. Although we identified some significant correlations between changes in phonatory features and clinical scores, they are less interpretable. This study suggests that it is possible to predict the progress of PD based on the acoustic analysis of phonation. Moreover, it recommends utilizing the sustained vowel /i/ instead of /a/.
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GALAZ, Zoltan, Jiri MEKYSKA, Vojtech ZVONCAK, Jan MUCHA, Tomas KISKA, Zdenek SMEKAL, Ilona ELIÁŠOVÁ, Martina MRAČKOVÁ, Milena KOŠŤÁLOVÁ, Irena REKTOROVÁ, Marcos FAUNDEZ-ZANUY, Jesus B. ALONSO-HERNANDEZ and Vilda GOMEZ-VILDA. Changes in Phonation and Their Relations with Progress of Parkinson’s Disease. \textit{APPLIED SCIENCES}. Basel: MDPI, 2018, vol.~8, No~2339, p.~1-18. ISSN~2076-3417. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app8122339.

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