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帕金森病患者的声音,改变在哪里
The physical significance of acoustic parameters and its clinical significance of dysarthria in Parkinson's disease. · Scientific reports
帕金森病进展中几乎都会出现言语障碍(构音障碍),但发声质量的细微变化在临床上常被忽视。2020 年发表在 Scientific Reports 的这项研究,问了一个具体的问题:哪些声学参数的变化是有意义的?
研究招募了 35 名帕金森病患者和 26 名健康对照,完成单音节、双音节和多音节发声测试;再用逻辑回归在这些声学参数中区分"保护因素"与"风险因素"。结果显示:患者组的平均基频、最高基频、最低基频、基频微扰(jitter)、言语时长和言语中位强度与健康对照组存在显著差异。
这些结果说明,一套可量化的声学指标能够刻画帕金森病构音障碍的变化,也为寻找新的疾病生物标志物提供了方向。研究属于探索性证据:样本量为 35+26,结果是组间差异与关联,不是诊断工具的验证,更不构成对个体的筛查能力。
署名说明:CV 原题录在 Shu YANG、Fengbo WANG、Liqiong YANG 与 Fan XU 后均标有 *。本文仅记录该标注,不将其解释为共同第一作者或通讯作者;符号含义与贡献分工以论文正式版本脚注为准。本研究与本公司无参与关系,作为“团队学术动态”发布,不表述为公司技术来源。
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论文摘要(原文)
Dysarthria is universal in Parkinson's disease (PD) during disease progression; however, the quality of vocalization changes is often ignored. Furthermore, the role of changes in the acoustic parameters of phonation in PD patients remains unclear. We recruited 35 PD patients and 26 healthy controls to perform single, double, and multiple syllable tests. A logistic regression was performed to differentiate between protective and risk factors among the acoustic parameters. The results indicated that the mean f0, max f0, min f0, jitter, duration of speech and median intensity of speaking for the PD patients were significantly different from those of the healthy controls. These results reveal some promising indicators of dysarthric symptoms consisting of acoustic parameters, and they strengthen our understanding about the significance of changes in phonation by PD patients, which may accelerate the discovery of novel PD biomarkers.
