Sprache · Stimme · Gehör 2008; 32(2): 64-73
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077065
Originalarbeit

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Auswirkungen des Lee Silverman Voice Treatments (LSVT) auf die Prosodie von Sprechern mit M. Parkinson

Effects of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatments (LSVT) on Prosody in Speakers Suffering from Parkinson's DiseaseH. Penner 1 , 2 , N. Miller 1 , V. Uttenweiler 3 , I. Hertrich 4 , H. Ackermann 4
  • 1School of Education, Communication and Language Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Prof. Dr. Wei Li)
  • 2Bethanien-Krankenhaus Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. P. Oster)
  • 3Phoniatrie an der Berufsfachschule für Logopädie, Heidelberg-Wieblingen (Dr. V. Uttenweiler)
  • 4Abteilung Allgemeine Neurologie, Hertie Institut für klinische Hirnforschung Universität Tübingen (Prof. Dr. M. Weller)
Weitere Informationen

Publikationsverlauf

Publikationsdatum:
07. Juli 2008 (online)

Zusammenfassung

Hintergrund: Die hypokinetische Dysarthrophonie bei M. Parkinson lässt sich durch medikamentöse oder operative Maßnahmen nur wenig beeinflussen. Als ein logopädisches Verfahren zur Behandlung der hypokinetischen Dysarthrophonie steht das Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) zur Verfügung. In der vorliegenden Studie wurden die Auswirkungen dieses Stimmtrainings auf die Intonationsmuster sprachlicher Äußerungen untersucht.

Methode: Eine weibliche und zwei männliche Probanden mit M. Parkinson nahmen an der Untersuchung teil. Nach einer Placebophase erfolgte ein Stimmtraining nach den Richtlinien des LSVT. Als Untersuchungsmaterial dienten 18 Satzäußerungen. Mit Hilfe von Schmalbandspektrogrammen wurden die Intonationsmuster transkribiert, der zeitliche Zusammenhang zwischen betonter Silbe und Grundfrequenz (F0) -Maximum bestimmt und das Ausmaß der F0-Bewegungen gemessen.

Ergebnisse: Unter dem LSVT traten ausgeprägtere Intonationsmuster in Aussagesätzen auf, verbunden mit einem höheren Grundfrequenzanstieg in dem Fokuswort, sowie ein höherer Anteil an Peaks und eine verstärkte zeitliche Anbindung des F0-Maximums an die betonte Silbe in wütenden Äußerungen.

Schlussfolgerungen: Die unter der LSVT-Behandlung beobachteten Veränderungen deuten auf distinkte Interaktionen der untersuchten Sprechparameter hin.

Abstract

Background: Dysarthrophonia in speakers suffering from Parkinson's disease affects all parameters of speech and is not easily influenced by medication or surgery. The Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) was developed specifically to target hypokinetic dysarthrophonia. It has not yet been investigated whether the LSVT influences intonation patterns of speech.

Methods: Using a single case study design, a female and two males suffering from idiopathic Parkinson's disease were treated with a word finding placebo therapy prior to application of the LSVT. 18 test sentences (6 neutral declaratives, 6 neutral questions, 6 angry utterances) were investigated acoustically. Intonation patterns were transcribed, the timing of maximum fundamental frequency (F0) in relation to the accented syllable was described and the rise in F0 was measured on the basis of narrow-band spectrograms. Participants also underwent laryngoscopic and stroboscopic examination. Speech rate, maximum intensity, maximum phonation time, minimum and maximum F0, intelligibility, and naturalness were also monitored.

Results: Few unequivocal effects were observed. After LSVT treatment speakers produced more pronounced intonation patterns in neutral utterances, increased the number of peaks in angry utterances, aligned the F0 maximum more often to the stressed syllable in angry utterances and produced higher F0 rises in neutral utterances. The laryngoscopic and stroboscopic investigations revealed high variability within subjects. One speaker improved in maximum phonation time. The other maximum performance measures and intelligibility were not influenced by the LSVT, mainly due to ceiling effects.

Conclusions: The participants of this study showed fewer differences to unaffected speakers in the parameters measured than was expected. This may be due to the discrepancy between spontaneous speech and read sentences observed in hypokinetic dysarthria. The study discusses ways in which speech parameters might influence each other.

Literatur

  • 1 Trail M, Fox C, Ramig LO. et al . Speech treatment for Parkinson's disease.  NeuroRehabilitation. 2005;  20 205-221
  • 2 Miller N, Noble E, Jones D, Burn D. Life with communication changes in Parkinson's disease.  Age and Aging. 2006;  35 235-239
  • 3 Canter GJ. Speech characteristics of patients with Parkinson's disease III. Articulation, diadochokinesis, and overall speech adequacy.  Journal of Speech and Hearing disorders. 1965;  30 217-224
  • 4 Darley FL, Aronson AE, Brown JR. Motor speech disorders. Philadelphia, London, Toronto: W. B.Saunders Company 1975
  • 5 Logeman JA, Fisher HB, Boshes B, Blonsky ER. Frequency and cooccurrence of vocal tract dysfunctions in the speech of a large sample of Parkinson patients.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders. 1978;  43 47-57
  • 6 Logeman JA, Fisher HB. Vocal tract control in Parkinson's disease: Phonetic feature analysis of misarticulations.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders. 1981;  46 348-352
  • 7 Ludlow CL, Bassich CJ. The results of acoustic and perceptual assessment of two types of dysarthria. In: Berry WR (Hrsg). Clinical Dysarthria. San Diego: College-Hill Press 1983: 121-153
  • 8 Ludlow CL, Bassich CJ. Relationships between perceptual ratings and acoustic measures of hypokinetic speech. In: MacNeil MR, Rosenbek JC, Aronson AE (Hrsg). The Dysarthrias: Physiology, Acoustics, Perception, Management. San Diego: College-Hill Press 1984: 163-195
  • 9 Weismer G, Jeng J-Y, Laures JS. et al . Acoustic and intelligibility characteristics of sentence production in neurogeneic speech disorders.  Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica. 2001;  53 1-18
  • 10 Canter GJ. Speech characteristics of patients with Parkinson's disease. I. Intensity, pitch, and duration.  Journal of Speech and Hearing disorders. 1963;  28 221-229
  • 11 Mueller PB. Parkinson's disease: Motor-speech behavior in a selected group of patients.  Folia Phoniatrica. 1971;  23 333-346
  • 12 Hertrich I, Ackermann H. Acoustic analysis of speech prosody in Huntington's and Parkinson's disease: A preliminary report.  Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. 1993;  7 285-297
  • 13 Hertrich I, Ackermann H. Gender-specific vocal dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease: Electroglottographic and acoustic analyses.  Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology. 1995;  104 197-202
  • 14 Hertrich I, Ackermann H, Braun S, Spieker S. Geschlechtsdimorphismus pathologischer Stimmmerkmale bei zentralnervösen Dysphonien: eine vergleichend auditiv-akustische Studie.  Sprache – Stimme – Gehör. 1996;  20 169-174
  • 15 Lowit-Leuschel A. Prosodic impairment in dysarthria: An acoustic phonetic study. PhD-thesis, University of Newcastle 1997
  • 16 Gamboa J, Jiménez-Jiménez FJ, Nieto A. et al . Acoustic voice analysis in patients with Parkinson's disease treated with dopaminergic drugs.  Journal of voice. 1997;  11 314-320
  • 17 Boutsen FR, Duffy JR, Aronson AE. Flutter or tremor in hypokinetic dysarthria: a case study. In: Cannito MP, Yorkston KM, Beukelman DR. (Hrsg). Neuromotor Speech Disorders: Nature, Assessment, and Management. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co 1998: 157-165
  • 18 Le Dorze G, Ryalls J, Brassard C. et al . A comparison of the prosodic characteristics of the speech of people with Parkinson's disease and Friedreich's Ataxia with neurologically normal speakers.  Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica. 1998;  50 1-9
  • 19 Ho AK, Iansek R, Bradshaw JL. Regulation of parkinsonian speech volume: The effect of interlocuter distance.  Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 1999;  67 199-202
  • 20 Kegl J, Cohen H, Poizner H. Articulatory consequences of Parkinson's disease: Perspectives from two modalities.  Brain and Cognition. 1999;  40 355-386
  • 21 Tjaden K. An acoustic study of coarticulation in dysarthric speakers with Parkinson disease.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2000;  43 1466-1480
  • 22 Mc Rae PA, Tjaden K, Schoonings B. Acoustic and perceptual consequences of articulatory rate change in Parkinson Disease.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2002;  45 35-50
  • 23 Hanson DG, Gerrat BR, Ward PH. Cinegraphic observations of laryngeal function in Parkinson's disease.  Laryngoscope. 1984;  94 348-353
  • 24 Ramig LO. The role of phonation in speech intelligibility: A review and preliminary data from patients with Parkinson's Disease. In: Kent RD. (Hrsg). Intelligibility in Speech Disorders. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Co 1992: 119-155
  • 25 Perez KS, Ramig LO, Smith ME, Dromey C. The parkinson larynx: tremor and videostroboscopic findings.  Journal of Voice. 1996;  10 354-361
  • 26 Stelzig Y, Hochhaus W, Gall V, Henneberg A. Kehlkopfbefunde bei Patienten mit Morbus Parkinson.  Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie. 1999;  78 544-551
  • 27 Quaglieri CE, Celesia GG. Effect of thalamotomy and levodopa therapy on the speech of Parkinson patients.  European Neurology. 1977;  15 34-39
  • 28 Perry AR, Das PK. Speech assessment of patients with Parkinson's disease. In: Rose FC, Ideo RC (Hrsg). Research Progress in Parkinson's Disease. Kent: Pitman Medical Limited 1981: 373-383
  • 29 Shea BR, Drummond SS, Metzer WS, Krueger KM. Effect of selegiline on speech performance in Parkinson's disease.  Folia Phoniatrica. 1993;  45 40-46
  • 30 Larson KK, Ramig LO, Scherer RC. Acoustic and glottographic voice analysis during drug-related fluctuations in Parkinson disease.  Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology. 1994;  2 227-239
  • 31 Jiang J, Lin E, Wang J, Hanson DG. Glottographic measures before and after levodopa treatment in Parkinson's disease.  The Laryngoscope. 1999;  109 1287-1294
  • 32 Kompoliti K, Wang QE, Goetz CG. et al . Effects of central dopaminergic stimulation by apomorphine on speech in Parkinson's disease.  Neurology. 2000;  54 458-462
  • 33 Gobermamn AM, Coelho C, Robb M. Phonatory characteristics of Parkinsonian speech before and after morning medication: the on and off states.  Journal of Communication Disorders. 2002;  35 217-239
  • 34 Goberman AM, Blomgreen M. Parkinsonian speech disfluencies: effects of L-dopa-related fluctuations.  Journal of Fluency Disorders. 2003;  28 55-70
  • 35 Rousseaux M, Krystkowiak P, Kozlowski O. et al . Effects of subthalamic nucleus stimulation on parkinsonian dysarthria and speech intelligibility.  Journal of Neurology. 2004;  251 327-334
  • 36 Gobermamn AM, Coelho C, Robb M. Prosodic characteristics of Parkinsonian speech: The effect of L-Dopa-based medication.  Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology. 2005;  13 51-68
  • 37 Farrell A, Theodoros D, Ward E. et al . Effects of neurosurgical management of Parkinson's disease on speech characteristics and oromotor function.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2005;  48 5-20
  • 38 Critchley EMR. Peak-dose dysphonia in Parkinsonism.  The Lancet. 1976;  1 544
  • 39 Ackermann H, Ziegler W, Oertel WH. Palilalia as a symptom of levodopa induced hyperkinesia in Parkinson's disease.  Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 1989;  52 805-807
  • 40 Tarsy D, Apetauerova D, Ryan P, Norregaard T. Adverse effects of subthalamic nucleus DBS in a patient with multiple system atrophy.  Neurology. 2003;  61 247-249
  • 41 Yorkston KM. Treatment efficacy: dysarthria.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Research. 1996;  39 S46-S57
  • 42 Ramig LO, Pawlas AA, Countryman S. The Lee Silverman Voice Treatment: Practical Guide for Treating the Voice and Speech Disorders in Parkinson Disease. Denver. National Center for Voice and Speech 1995
  • 43 Ramig L, Countryman S, Thompson L, Horii Y. Comparison of two forms of intensive speech treatment for Parkinson disease.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Research. 1995;  38 1232-1251
  • 44 Ramig L, Countryman S, O’Brian C. et al . Intensive speech treatment for patients with Parkinson's disease: Short- and long-term comparison of two techniques.  Neurology. 1996;  47 1496-1504
  • 45 Ramig LO, Sapir S, Fox C, Countryman S. Changes in vocal intensity following intensive voice treatment (LSVT) in individuals with Parkinson disease: A comparison with untreated patients and normal age-matched controls.  Movement Disorders. 2001;  16 79-83
  • 46 Sapir S, Ramig L, Hoyt P. et al . Speech loudness and quality 12 months after intensive voice treatment (LSVT) for Parkinson's disease: a comparison with an alternative speech treatment.  Folia Phoniatrica. 2002;  54 296-303
  • 47 Smith ME, Ramig LO, Dromey C. et al . Intensive voice treatment in Parkinson's disease: Laryngostroboscopic findings.  Journal of Voice. 1995;  9 453-459
  • 48 Mayer J. Intonation und Bedeutung. Phonetik AIMS 3 1997
  • 49 Kohler JK. Terminal intonation patterns in single-accent utterances of German: Phonetics, phonology and semantics. In: Kohler KJ (Hrsg). Arbeitsberichte des Instituts für Phonetik der Universität Kiel. 1991 25: 115-185
  • 50 Penner H. Effects of medication and speech therapy on intonation in Parkinson's disease. PhD-thesis, University of Newcastle 2003
  • 51 Arbeitsgruppe Geriatrisches Assessment .Geriatrisches Basisassessment. Schriftenreihe Geriatrie Praxis. München: MMV Medizin Verlag 1997
  • 52 Bach M, Nikolaus T, Oster P, Schlierf G. Depressionsdiagnostik im Alter. Die “Geriatric Depression Scale”.  Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 1995;  28 42-46
  • 53 Webster DD. Critical analysis of the disability in Parkinson's disease.  Modern Treatment. 1968;  5 257-282
  • 54 Hoehn MM, Yahr MD. Parkinsonism: Onset, progression and mortality.  Neurology. 1967;  17 427-442
  • 55 Westra .Freiburger Zahlen- und Wörtertest. Welden, Germany 1984. Nach: Hahlbrock, KH, Über Sprachaudiometrie und neue Wörterteste. Archive für Ohrenheilkunde 1953 162: 394 ff
  • 56 Starkey .Sprachverständlichkeitstest. Norderstedt, Germany 1992. Nach: Wesselkamp M, Kliem K, Kollmeier B. Erstellung eines optimierten Satztests in deutscher Sprache. In: Kollmeier B (Hrsg). Moderne Verfahren der Sprachaudiometrie. Heidelberg: Median-Verlag 1992
  • 57 Ackermann H, Ziegler W. Acoustic analysis of vocal instability in cerebellar dysfunctions.  Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology. 1994;  103 98-104
  • 58 Laver J. The prosodic organization of speech: pitch and loudness. In: Laver J: Principles of Phonetics. Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994: 450-510
  • 59 Kempler D, Lancker D Van. Effect of speech task on intelligibility in dysarthria: A case study of Parkinson's disease.  Brain and Languge. 2002;  80 449-464
  • 60 Brown A, Docherty GJ. Phonetic variation in dysarthric speech as a function of sampling task.  European Journal of Disorders of Communication. 1995;  30 17-35
  • 61 Kleinow J, Smith A, Ramig L. Speech motor stability in IDP: effects of rate and loudness manipulations.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2005;  44 1041-1051
  • 62 Tjaden K, Wilding GE. Rate and loudness manipulations in dysarthria: Acoustic and perceptual findings.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2004;  47 766-783
  • 63 Linebaugh CW, Wolfe VE. Relationships between articulation rate, intelligibility, and naturalness in spastic and ataxic speakers. In: MacNeil MR, Rosenbek JC, Aronson AE (Hrsg): The Dysarthrias: Physiology, Acoustics, Perception, Management. San Diego: College-Hill Press 1984: 197-205
  • 64 Robertson SJ, Thomson F. Speech therapy in Parkinson's Disease: a study of the efficacy and long term effects of intensive treatment.  British Journal of Disorders of Communication. 1984;  19 213-224

Anhang

Testsätze:

  1. 1. Die Kaffeetasse liegt im Mülleimer.

  2. 2. Der Kuckuck sitzt auf dem Tisch.

  3. 3. Die Kaffeetasse ist zerbrochen.

  4. 4. Der Kuckuck sitzt auf dem Topf.

  5. 5. Die Kaffeetasse ist umgefallen.

  6. 6. Der Kuckuck sitzt im Koffer.

  7. 7. Nimm die Kaffeetasse aus dem Mülleimer!

  8. 8. Nimm den Kuckuck vom Tisch!

  9. 9. Du hast die Kaffeetasse zerbrochen!

  10. 10. Nimm den Kuckuck vom Topf!

  11. 11. Du hast die Kaffeetasse umgeworfen!

  12. 12. Nimm den Kuckuck aus dem Koffer!

(Sätze 1 bis 6 werden als Aussage und als Frage gelesen.)

Korrespondenzadresse

Dr. H. Penner

Bahnhofanlage 14

68723 Schwetzingen

eMail: HeikeLars@aol.com