Speech and singing performance in patients suffering a cerebellar stroke: a case study

  • María Soledad Sandoval Zúñiga Universidad Pedro de Valdivia; Universidad Adventista de Chile
  • Carolina Henríquez Espejo Universidad San Sebastián
  • Liza Henríquez Navarrete Universidad San Sebastián
  • Andrea Elissalde Reyes Universidad San Sebastián
  • Diego Rodríguez Rivas Universidad San Sebastián
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rlog.64278
Keywords: speech, singing, ataxic dysarthria, vocal technique, cerebellar stroke

Abstract

The objective of this study was to characterize speech and singing performances of two subjects who suffered ataxic dysarthria due to a cerebellar stroke for describing their results according their clinical and sociodemographic characteristics.

This study was of quantitative type, with a non-experimental-transversal design with a descriptive scope. Both patients suffered a cerebellar stroke but they differed in the characteristics of dysarthria, vocal technique, age, and rehabilitation frequency, between others factors. The instruments that were used to measure varibales corresponding to: Protocolo de Evaluación de Habla (González y Toledo, 2002), Protocolo de Habla versus Canto para pacientes disártricos, the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) by Núñez-Batalla et al. (2007) and the RASATI scale (Pinho and Pontes, 2002).

The results indicated that who suffers a mild dysarthria has better speech and singing results compared to the subject who suffers from a moderate dysarthria due to the differences that they posse like pathology severity, neurological characteristic, therapy frequency, age and vocal technique before the vascular event.

Both subjects showed alterations in basic motor processes in respiration, phonation and prosody.

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Published
2020-01-20
How to Cite
Sandoval Zúñiga M. S., Henríquez Espejo C., Henríquez Navarrete L., Elissalde Reyes A. y Rodríguez Rivas D. (2020). Speech and singing performance in patients suffering a cerebellar stroke: a case study. Revista de Investigación en Logopedia, 10(1), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.5209/rlog.64278
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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020)
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