Prosodic Characteristics of Speech Pre- and Post-Right Hemisphere Stroke

Blonder, Lee X.; Pickering, Judith; Heath, Robin L.; Smith, Charles D.; Butler, Sean

doi:10.1006/brln.1995.1063

Cited by 44 publications

(25 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…On the other hand, it has also been claimed that both 'linguistic' and emotional prosody are managed by subcortical structures, particularly the basal ganglia (Blonder, Pickering, Heath, Smith, & Butler, 1995 ;Cancelliere & Kertesz, 1990 ).…”

Section: At T I T U D E S O F T H E S Pe a K E Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

Discourse Grammar, the dual process model, and brain lateralization: some correlations

Heine¹,

Kuteva

Kaltenböck

2014

Lang Cognition

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Some more recent lines of research converge on claiming that human cognitive behavior in general and linguistic discourse in particular cannot reasonably be reduced to one monolithic system of cognitive activity. What this research suggests, rather, is that this behavior exhibits a dualistic organization. In the present paper, two frameworks representing this tradition are contrasted, namely Discourse Grammar and the dual process model. The former rests on observations on language structure and language use, while the latter was developed on the basis of neurolinguistic observations. The two frameworks [ * ] We wish to express our gratitude to a number of colleagues who have been of help in writing this paper, providing many critical comments, most of all to Franck Floricic, but also to

show abstract

Section: At T I T U D E S O F T H E S Pe a K E Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

Discourse Grammar, the dual process model, and brain lateralization: some correlations

Heine¹,

Kuteva

Kaltenböck

2014

Lang Cognition

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Individuals with RHD might show monotonous speech [35, 36], a lack of facial expression [37] or atypical speech rate [35]. On the receptive side, some RHD adults exhibit difficulties to understand the emotion provided by the communication partner [35].…”

Section: Communication Deficits and Treatment Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the receptive side, some RHD adults exhibit difficulties to understand the emotion provided by the communication partner [35]. Disturbances are particularly observed at a syntactic level [38].…”

Section: Communication Deficits and Treatment Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, several authors argue that the right hemisphere is responsible for both emotional and linguistic modalities [36, 40], emphasizing the interaction with the left hemisphere for the integration of linguistic elements of speech with prosodic cues. Another hypothesis claims that the linguistic and emotional prosody would be managed by subcortical structures, particularly the basal ganglia [35, 41]. This hypothesis implies that motor deficits account for the production of emotional prosody.…”

Section: Communication Deficits and Treatment Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Clinical Focus on Prosodic, Discursive and Pragmatic Treatment for Right Hemisphere Damaged Adults: What's Right?

Ferré

Ska

Lajoie

et al. 2011

Rehabilitation Research and Practice

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Researchers and clinicians acknowledge today that the contribution of both cerebral hemispheres is necessary to a full and adequate verbal communication. Indeed, it is estimated that at least 50% of right brain damaged individuals display impairments of prosodic, discourse, pragmatics and/or lexical semantics dimensions of communication. Since the 1990's, researchers have focused on the description and the assessment of these impairments and it is only recently that authors have shown interest in planning specific intervention approaches. However, therapists in rehabilitation settings still have very few available tools. This review of recent literature demonstrates that, even though theoretical knowledge needs further methodological investigation, intervention guidelines can be identified to target right hemisphere damage communication impairments in clinical practice. These principles can be incorporated by speech and language pathologists, in a structured intervention framework, aiming at fully addressing prosodic, discursive and pragmatic components of communication.

show abstract

“…That is, the three major prosodic features of voice pitch, loudness, and rate-rhythm were aOE ected to some extent in PD. In addition to the dysarthrias, impaired speech prosody has been noted for individuals with apraxia of speech (AOS; Kent and Rosenbek, 1982;, non-¯uent aphasia (Goodglass and Kaplan, 1972;Danly and Shapiro, 1982;Emmorey, 1987; but see Niemi, 1998 ), and right-hemisphere damage (Behrens, 1989;Blonder, Pickering, Heath, Smith and Butler, 1995 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploration of a treatment technique for prosodic disturbance following stroke

Tjaden

2000

Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The eOE ectiveness of a treatment technique targeting speech prosody was explored for an individual who had sustained a left hemisphere stroke. Acoustic and perceptual analyses suggested that reduced temporal variation of adjacent syllables (i.e. syllable isochronicity) contributed to impressions of reduced speech naturalness and monorhythmicity. Stress-patterning, therefore, was explored as a technique for increasing the temporal variation of adjacent syllables to improve rhythmicity and naturalness. Therapy tasks included three-syllable reiterant sequences and real words; treatment eOE ects were measured for three-syllable words embedded in probe sentences. Visual and auditory feedback were provided in therapy using the Computerized Speech Lab. An objective, acoustic measure of syllable isochrony was also provided as feedback. Although the speaker was able to produce the targeted syllable isochrony measure in therapy tasks, performance did not generalize to three-syllable words in probe sentences. Potential explanations for why modi® cations in syllable isochronicity did not generalize beyond therapy tasks are discussed, as well as implications for using stress-patterning as a therapy technique with other individuals.

show abstract

Prosodic Characteristics of Speech Pre- and Post-Right Hemisphere Stroke

Cited by 44 publications

References 0 publications

Discourse Grammar, the dual process model, and brain lateralization: some correlations

Discourse Grammar, the dual process model, and brain lateralization: some correlations

Clinical Focus on Prosodic, Discursive and Pragmatic Treatment for Right Hemisphere Damaged Adults: What's Right?

Exploration of a treatment technique for prosodic disturbance following stroke

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About