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CASE STUDY
QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE AND FREQUENCY FOLLOWING RESPONSE IN TWO DYSARTHRIC SUBJECTS WITH NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE: A CASE STUDY
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Departamento de Fonoaudiologia,, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria / RS, Brazil
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Otorh, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland;, Poland
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Department of Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehabilitation,, Medical University of Warsaw,, Poland
4
Electrophysiology, Centro de Eletrofisiologia e Neuroaudiologia Avançada, Brazil
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Audiology, Postgraduate Professor, Instituto Israelista de Ensino e Pesquisa do Hospital Israelista Albert Einstein, Brazil
A - Research concept and design; B - Collection and/or assembly of data; C - Data analysis and interpretation; D - Writing the article; E - Critical revision of the article; F - Final approval of article;
Submission date: 2022-05-26
Final revision date: 2022-08-03
Acceptance date: 2022-08-30
Publication date: 2022-09-30
Corresponding author
Milaine Dominici Sanfins
Electrophysiology, Centro de Eletrofisiologia e Neuroaudiologia Avançada, Avenida Jacutinga, 220- apto 12,, 04515-030, São Paulo, Brazil
Electrophysiology, Centro de Eletrofisiologia e Neuroaudiologia Avançada, Avenida Jacutinga, 220- apto 12,, 04515-030, São Paulo, Brazil
J Hear Sci 2022;12(3):57-63
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Effective speech production involves a complex system that not only requires planning and motor execution in different speech subsystems, but also depends on the proper functioning of the auditory system. In cases of dysarthria, auditory electrophysiological assessment can be important, since it can help diagnose the underlying neurological disease. The objective of this pilot study was to assess the effectiveness of the frequency-following response (FFR) in monitoring the progress of speech therapy in cases of dysarthria due to neurodegenerative disease. It also sought to gauge changes in the patients’ quality of life using a self-report questionnaire.
Case report:
Two individuals with dysarthria were assessed by the FFR and by the questionnaire “Living with Dysarthria” while undergoing a speech therapy rehabilitation program aimed at improving their speech. It was found that the speech therapy brought benefits in terms of quality of life, in line with the FFR responses.
Conclusions:
The FFR may be a promising approach to monitoring changes in the central auditory nervous system during speech therapy for dysarthria due to acquired neurodegenerative disease.
Effective speech production involves a complex system that not only requires planning and motor execution in different speech subsystems, but also depends on the proper functioning of the auditory system. In cases of dysarthria, auditory electrophysiological assessment can be important, since it can help diagnose the underlying neurological disease. The objective of this pilot study was to assess the effectiveness of the frequency-following response (FFR) in monitoring the progress of speech therapy in cases of dysarthria due to neurodegenerative disease. It also sought to gauge changes in the patients’ quality of life using a self-report questionnaire.
Case report:
Two individuals with dysarthria were assessed by the FFR and by the questionnaire “Living with Dysarthria” while undergoing a speech therapy rehabilitation program aimed at improving their speech. It was found that the speech therapy brought benefits in terms of quality of life, in line with the FFR responses.
Conclusions:
The FFR may be a promising approach to monitoring changes in the central auditory nervous system during speech therapy for dysarthria due to acquired neurodegenerative disease.
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