Profiling Speech and Pausing in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD).

OBJECTIVE:This study examines reading aloud in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and those with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in order to determine whether differences in patterns of speaking and pausing exist between patients with primary motor vs. primary cognitive-linguistic defic...

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Main Authors: Yana Yunusova, Naida L Graham, Sanjana Shellikeri, Kent Phuong, Madhura Kulkarni, Elizabeth Rochon, David F Tang-Wai, Tiffany W Chow, Sandra E Black, Lorne H Zinman, Jordan R Green
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4720472?pdf=render