Oral‐diadochokinetic rates among healthy Malaysian-Mandarin speakers: A cross linguistic comparison

Chu, Shin Ying; Lee, Jae‐Hoon; Barlow, Steven M.; Ben‐David, Boaz M.; Lim, Kai Xing; Foong, Jia Hao

doi:10.1080/17549507.2020.1808701

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“…In contrast, Chu et al. (2020), who evaluated DDK rates with Mandarin‐speaking participants, did not report faster DDK rates for real word stimuli, even though the stimuli selected in Mandarin had the same syllabic structure as the stimuli in Hebrew used by Ben‐David and Icht (2016). The above results highlight the need for more replication studies in this specific population in other languages as well to further investigate if these mixed findings can be attributed to language differences.…”

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“…Furthermore, atrophy and sarcopenia affect the tongue's elasticity and maximum strength in healthy elderly people, resulting in less smooth tongue movements in the oral cavity (Ben‐David & Icht, 2016; Bilodeau‐Mercure et al., 2015). Moreover, the ageing process prompts the degeneration of glands in the mouth mucosa and the drying of the epithelium, causing further stiffness and reduced elasticity of articulators (Ben‐David & Icht, 2016; Bilodeau‐Mercure et al., 2015; Chu et al., 2020). Additionally, elderly people show reduced oral tactile sensitivity and declinations in neural planning and motor control of speech movements (Bilodeau‐Mercure et al., 2015), which also negatively influence DDK rates and the intelligibility of speech in this population (Bilodeau‐Mercure et al., 2015).…”

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“…Α literature review of DDK rates in different languages (e.g., English, Portuguese, Hebrew, Cypriot‐Greek, Mandarin) revealed significant variations, which may relate to the unique phonological system of each language (Ben‐David & Icht, 2016; Chu et al., 2020; Konstantopoulos et al., 2021; Padovani et al., 2009; Pierce et al., 2013; Ptacek et al., 1966) (Table 1). The most frequently used speech stimuli (/pa/, /ta/, /ka/, /′pataka/) in DDK rates include the stop consonants /p/, /t/, /k/, which are among the primary consonants acquired and among the most frequently presented speech sounds in the world's languages (Kent et al., 2021).…”

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Diadochokinetic rates in healthy young and elderly Greek‐speaking adults: The effect of types of stimuli

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Background: Diadochokinetic rates tasks are frequently used for the assessment of diadochokinesia (DKK) in young and elderly adults. However, there is scarce research on healthy elderly adults over 65 years old, and little is known about the effect of different types of stimuli (non-words/real words) in this specific population. Furthermore, the current research supports significant language variations, highlighting the need for language-specific norms. Aims:To investigate the effect of age, gender and type of stimuli (non-words versus real words) in DDK rates in healthy elderly adults of over 65 years of age, and to provide normative data for the Greek language.Methods & Procedures: The participants were 791 healthy monolingual Greekspeaking adults (531 adults, aged 20-39 years; 157 participants aged 65-74 years; and 103 participants aged over 75 years). All participants were monolingual speakers of Greek and had normal hearing acuity, which allowed them to understand and follow instructions. Participants with a medical condition, which would affect DDK rates' performance, were excluded from the study. The timeby-count method was used, and all participants had to repeat as accurately and fast as possible: (1) four disyllabic non-words (/′gaba/, /′taka/, /′kata/, /′baga/);(2) four disyllabic real words (/′kapa/, /′tapa/, /ka′la/, /′paka/); and (3) two trisyllabic non-words (/′pataka/, /′badaga/). All responses were recorded and the speech samples that did not include at least 5 s of correct repetitions were excluded from the analysis.Outcomes & Results: Age affected DDK rates significantly, with older adults achieving slower DDK rates for all speech stimuli (non-words/real words). Gender did not have an effect on the performance of DDK rates. The type of speech stimuli affected DDK rates significantly for all age groups. Analytically, trisyllabic non-word stimuli were articulated more slowly than disyllabic non-word stimuli, and real words were produced faster than nonwords. A linear regression analysis revealed that only the repetition of nonwords predicted 68.4% of the performance on the repetition of trisyllabic non-words.

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Diadochokinetic rates in healthy young and elderly Greek‐speaking adults: The effect of types of stimuli

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“…Mainly, our results can be explained from both linguistic and cultural perspectives. Future studies should be conducted to test for the relative effects that each of these two important factors has on emotional speech perception and on speech tests in general (see Chu et al, 2021 ; Icht & Ben-David, 2014 ). The focus of this study was identification of emotional prosody by individuals who do not speak the language at all.…”

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“…The focus of this study was identification of emotional prosody by individuals who do not speak the language at all. However, it will be interesting to test how this ability will change as function of different levels of proficiency and usage of the language (Chu et al, 2021 ). Finally, although Hebrew and German belong to different language families (Semitic and Germanic, respectively) they are both non-tonal languages.…”

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Processing emotional prosody in a foreign language: the case of German and Hebrew

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This study investigated the universality of emotional prosody in perception of discrete emotions when semantics is not available. In two experiments the perception of emotional prosody in Hebrew and German by listeners who speak one of the languages but not the other was investigated. Having a parallel tool in both languages allowed to conduct controlled comparisons. In Experiment 1, 39 native German speakers with no knowledge of Hebrew and 80 native Israeli speakers rated Hebrew sentences spoken with four different emotional prosodies (anger, fear, happiness, sadness) or neutral. The Hebrew version of the Test for Rating of Emotions in Speech (T-RES) was used for this purpose. Ratings indicated participants’ agreement on how much the sentence conveyed each of four discrete emotions (anger, fear, happiness and sadness). In Experient 2, 30 native speakers of German, and 24 Israeli native speakers of Hebrew who had no knowledge of German rated sentences of the German version of the T-RES. Based only on the prosody, German-speaking participants were able to accurately identify the emotions in the Hebrew sentences and Hebrew-speaking participants were able to identify the emotions in the German sentences. In both experiments ratings between the groups were similar. These findings show that individuals are able to identify emotions in a foreign language even if they do not have access to semantics. This ability goes beyond identification of target emotion; similarities between languages exist even for “wrong” perception. This adds to accumulating evidence in the literature on the universality of emotional prosody.

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Oral and Laryngeal Diadochokinesis Across the Life Span: A Scoping Review of Methods, Reference Data, and Clinical Applications

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Kim

Chen

2022

J Speech Lang Hear Res

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to conduct a scoping review of research on oral and laryngeal diadochokinesis (DDK) in children and adults, either typically developing/developed or with a clinical diagnosis. Method: Searches were conducted with PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, CINAHL, and legacy sources in retrieved articles. Search terms included the following: DDK, alternating motion rate, maximum repetition rate, sequential motion rate, and syllable repetition rate. Results: Three hundred sixty articles were retrieved and included in the review. Data source tables for children and adults list the number and ages of study participants, DDK task, and language(s) spoken. Cross-sectional data for typically developing children and typically developed adults are compiled for the monosyllables /pʌ/, /tʌ/, and /kʌ/; the trisyllable /pʌtʌkʌ/; and laryngeal DDK. In addition, DDK results are summarized for 26 disorders or conditions. Discussion: A growing number of multidisciplinary reports on DDK affirm its role in clinical practice and research across the world. Atypical DDK is not a well-defined singular entity but rather a label for a collection of disturbances associated with diverse etiologies, including motoric, structural, sensory, and cognitive. The clinical value of DDK can be optimized by consideration of task parameters, analysis method, and population of interest.

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Oral‐diadochokinetic rates among healthy Malaysian-Mandarin speakers: A cross linguistic comparison

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Diadochokinetic rates in healthy young and elderly Greek‐speaking adults: The effect of types of stimuli

Diadochokinetic rates in healthy young and elderly Greek‐speaking adults: The effect of types of stimuli

Processing emotional prosody in a foreign language: the case of German and Hebrew

Oral and Laryngeal Diadochokinesis Across the Life Span: A Scoping Review of Methods, Reference Data, and Clinical Applications

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