BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16583-5598c70ab494f0005c90dbb70fc36464@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260517T021622Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T103000 SUMMARY:Center for Language Science Speaker Series: Antje Mefferd DESCRIPTION:\nDysarthria can manifest as a symptom of various neurologic al conditions such as Parkinson’s disease (PD)\, amyotrophic lateral scl erosis (ALS)\, multiple sclerosis (MS)\, and Huntington’s disease (HD). Given that different brain structures are affected by these diseases\, t he resulting dysarthria symptoms can vary. However\, studies that system atically investigate and compare the speech motor impairment patterns of talkers with different disease types are rare. In this talk\, Antje Mef ferd will focus on two aspects of speech motor behavior that are conside red important to produce intelligible speech: articulatory amplitude and inter-articulatory timing. Mefferd has studied these two aspects in tal kers with PD\, ALS\, MS\, and HD using 3-dimensional electromagnetic art iculography to assess the movements of the tongue\, lips\, and jaw. Shar ed and disease-specific speech motor impairment patterns of these talker s as well as emerging dysarthria subtypes within each disease group will be discussed. Overall\, findings from Mefferd's work suggest that disea se-specific speech motor impairment patterns exist\, but the severity of the dysarthria may also play an important role.\n\nFor more details: ht tps://events.la.psu.edu/event/cls-speaker-series-antje-mefferd/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Dysarthria can manifest as a symptom of various neurological conditions such as Parkins on’s disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple scleros is (MS), and Huntington’s disease (HD). Given that different brain struc tures are affected by these diseases, the resulting dysarthria symptoms can vary. However, studies that systematically investigate and compare t he speech motor impairment patterns of talkers with different disease ty pes are rare. In this talk, Antje Mefferd will focus on two aspects of s peech motor behavior that are considered important to produce intelligib le speech: articulatory amplitude and inter-articulatory timing. Mefferd has studied these two aspects in talkers with PD, ALS, MS, and HD using 3-dimensional electromagnetic articulography to assess the movements of the tongue, lips, and jaw. Shared and disease-specific speech motor imp airment patterns of these talkers as well as emerging dysarthria subtype s within each disease group will be discussed. Overall, findings from Me fferd's work suggest that disease-specific speech motor impairment patte rns exist, but the severity of the dysarthria may also play an important role.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cls-s peaker-series-antje-mefferd/

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