The interpretation of dysprosody in patients with Parkinson's disease. Issue 2 (February 1991)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Caekebeke, J F; Jennekens-Schinkel, A; van der Linden, M E; Buruma, O J; Roos, R A
• Is Part Of: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry. Volume 54:Issue 2(1991)
• Page Start: 145
• Page End: 148
• Publication Date: 1991-02
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.54.2.145
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3050

Abstract

Abstract : Prosodic features in the speech production of 21 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease were tested. The appreciation of vocal and facial expression was also examined in the same patients. Significant intergroup differences were found in the prosody production tasks but, in contrast to previous results, not in the receptive tasks on the recognition and appreciation of prosody and of facial expression. The discrepancy between the production and recognition of prosodic features does not support the suggestion that dysprosody in Parkinson's disease is necessarily a disorder of processing emotional information that could be misinterpreted as a dysarthria.