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:16773-fc5637c35137a3938216f36c90e3d721@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260412T075109Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241108T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241108T103000 SUMMARY:Jimin Lee DESCRIPTION:“Understanding Speech Changes in People with Dysarthria Seco ndary to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”\n\nVerbal communication requires the production of understandable speech acoustic signals through precis e and coordinated movements of the articulators – e.g.\, tongue\, lips\, and jaw. People with dysarthria can have difficulty moving these articu lators due to neurological conditions that affect motor function\, thus impacting their overall verbal communication. Amyotrophic lateral sclero sis (ALS) is one such neurodegenerative disease that leads to the loss o f motor control. Up to 95 percent of people with ALS experience difficul ties with verbal communication. This has been identified as a major fact or in reducing their quality of life.\n\nTo identify the underpinnings o f verbal communication difficulties in people with ALS\, the first part of this talk will discuss findings across three key domains: tongue move ment (articulatory kinematics)\, acoustic signals\, and speech intelligi bility. The influence among these domains will be highlighted to offer a comprehensive understanding of the speech production process in people with ALS.\n\nBecause of the progressive nature of ALS\, monitoring chang es in speech production over time is critical for improving clinical car e for this population. The second part of the talk\, therefore\, will pr esent findings on longitudinal speech changes in people with ALS. The cl inical implications of the findings will be discussed\, including how th ese changes can inform valid remote monitoring of speech deterioration f or people with ALS.\n\nFinally\, the talk will introduce future directio ns for enhancing speech intelligibility in people with ALS\, including i nsights from recent preliminary studies that utilized a novel interactiv e framework. The effects of the interactive task demonstrated a promisin g approach for enhancing speech intelligibility.\n\nFor more details: ht tps://events.la.psu.edu/event/dr-jimin-lee/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Understanding Speech Changes in People with Dysarthria Secondary to Amyotrophic Later al Sclerosis”

Verbal communication requires the production of und erstandable speech acoustic signals through precise and coordinated move ments of the articulators – e.g., tongue, lips, and jaw. People with dys arthria can have difficulty moving these articulators due to neurologica l conditions that affect motor function, thus impacting their overall ve rbal communication. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one such neur odegenerative disease that leads to the loss of motor control. Up to 95 percent of people with ALS experience difficulties with verbal communica tion. This has been identified as a major factor in reducing their quali ty of life.

To identify the underpinnings of verbal communication difficulties in people with ALS, the first part of this talk will discus s findings across three key domains: tongue movement (articulatory kinem atics), acoustic signals, and speech intelligibility. The influence amon g these domains will be highlighted to offer a comprehensive understandi ng of the speech production process in people with ALS.

Because of the progressive nature of ALS, monitoring changes in speech production over time is critical for improving clinical care for this population. T he second part of the talk, therefore, will present findings on longitud inal speech changes in people with ALS. The clinical implications of the findings will be discussed, including how these changes can inform vali d remote monitoring of speech deterioration for people with ALS.

F inally, the talk will introduce future directions for enhancing speech i ntelligibility in people with ALS, including insights from recent prelim inary studies that utilized a novel interactive framework. The effects o f the interactive task demonstrated a promising approach for enhancing s peech intelligibility.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/dr-jimin- lee/

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