OPTIMISING SPEECH ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT IN FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA

The impact of communication on healthcare involvement for people living with motor neurone disease and their carers: A longitudinal qualitative study.

Camille Paynter, Susan Mathers, Heidi Gregory, Adam P Vogel, Madeline Cruice

2022-11-01

BACKGROUND: Communication and cognitive impairments are known barriers to shared decision-making. Most people diagnosed with motor..

Instrumental swallowing assessment in adults in residential aged care homes: Practice patterns and opportunities

Olga Birchall, Michelle Bennett, Nadine Lawson, Susan M Cotton, Adam P Vogel

2022-08-08

OBJECTIVE: To describe practice patterns in the use of instrumental swallowing assessment (ISA) for older adults in residential ag..

Using the Concept of Health Literacy to Understand How People Living with Motor Neurone Disease and Carers Engage in Healthcare: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

Camille Paynter, Susan Mathers, Heidi Gregory, Adam P Vogel, Madeline Cruice

2022-08-01

The growing body of information-seeking and decision-making literature in motor neurone disease (MND) has not yet explored the imp..

Self-reported impact of developmental stuttering across the lifespan

Jessica O Boyce, Victoria E Jackson, Olivia van Reyk, Richard Parker, Adam P Vogel, Else Eising, Sarah E Horton, Nathan A Gillespie, Ingrid E Scheffer, David J Amor, Michael S Hildebrand, Simon E Fisher, Nicholas G Martin, Sheena Reilly, Melanie Bahlo, Angela T Morgan

2022-03-21

AIM: To examine the phenomenology of stuttering across the lifespan in the largest prospective cohort to date. METHOD: Participant..

Listener Detection of Objectively Validated Acoustic Features of Speech in Huntington's Disease

Jess CS Chan, Julie C Stout, Christopher A Shirbin, Adam P Vogel

2022-01-01

BACKGROUND: Subtle progressive changes in speech motor function and cognition begin prior to diagnosis of Huntington's disease (HD..

Adults with a history of recreational cannabis use have altered speech production

Adam P Vogel, Verity Pearson-Dennett, Michelle Magee, Robert A Wilcox, Adrian Esterman, Dominic Thewlis, Jason M White, Gabrielle Todd

2021-08-19

Stereotypical depictions of speech in cannabis users often suggest slow, laboured output, yet objective evidence supporting this a..

The Role of Instrumental Swallowing Assessment in Adults in Residential Aged Care Homes: A National Modified Delphi Survey Examining Beliefs and Practices

Olga Birchall, Michelle Bennett, Nadine Lawson, Susan M Cotton, Adam P Vogel

2021-04-09

Many adults in residential aged care homes (RACHs) live with oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and its physiological, psychosocial, and..

Instrumental Swallowing Assessment in Adults in Residential Aged Care Homes: A Scoping Review

Olga Birchall, Michelle Bennett, Nadine Lawson, Susan M Cotton, Adam P Vogel

2021-02-02

OBJECTIVES: To systematically describe evidence on the use of instrumental swallowing assessment for residents of aged care homes...

Imaging and Clinical Data on Swallowing Function of Individuals with Huntington's Disease and Dysphagia

Megan Keage, Shira Baum, Lisa Pointon, Jane Lau, Jacinta Berndt, Josephine Hopkins, Roxanne Maule, Adam P Vogel

2020-12-01

Speech is a Sensitive Marker in Premanifest Huntington's Disease: Acoustic Features and Their Relationship to Cognition and Fine-Motor Performance

Jess Chan, Yenni Lie, Julie Stout, Adam Vogel

2020-12-01

How people living with motor neurone disease and their carers experience healthcare decision making: a qualitative exploration

C Paynter, S Mathers, H Gregory, AP Vogel, M Cruice

2020-11-26

PURPOSE: Healthcare decision making in motor neurone disease (MND) focuses on symptom management and quality of life. Decision mak..

Decision making biases in the allied health professions: A systematic scoping review

Rebecca Featherston, Laura E Downie, Adam P Vogel, Karyn L Galvin

2020-10-20

OBJECTIVES: Cognitive and other biases can influence the quality of healthcare decision making. While substantial research has exp..

Measurement of speech as a biomarker of neurodegenerative disease using acoustic profiles and machine learning

B Schultz, Z Joukhader, U Nattala, G Noffs, J Chan, S Rojas-Azaocar, H Reece, M Magee, M Delatycki, L Corben, A Walt, A Vogel

2020-09-01

Speech biometrics can predict cerebellar dysfunction in multiple sclerosis

A Vogel, G Noffs, F Boonstra, T Perera, S Kolbe, J Stankovich, H Butzkueven, A Evans, A der Walt

2020-09-01

Objective: To objectively describe cerebellar mediated speech function using a multiparameter index that reflects pathology and qu..

Speech is a sensitive marker in premanifest Huntington's disease: exploring acoustic, cognitive and fine motor performance

A Vogel, J Chan, Y Lie, J Stout

2020-09-01

Stability, reliability, and sensitivity of acoustic measures of vowel space: A comparison of vowel space area, formant centralization ratio, and vowel articulation index

Marja WJ Caverle, Adam P Vogel

2020-09-01

Vowel space (VS) measurements can provide objective information on formant distribution and act as a proxy for vowel production. T..

Characterization of Dysphagia and Longitudinal Changes in Swallowing Function in Adults with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C Treated with Miglustat

Courtney Lewis, Megan Keage, Miyuki Watanabe, Danielle Schubiger, Dennis Velakoulis, Mark Walterfang, Adam P Vogel

2020-06-19

Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a rare, autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease, characterized by progressive psychiatr..

OnabotulinumtoxinA treatment for MS-tremor modifies fMRI tremor response in central sensory-motor integration areas

Frederique MC Boonstra, Andrew Evans, Gustavo Noffs, Thushara Perera, Vilija Jokubaitis, Jim Stankovich, Adam P Vogel, Bradford A Moffat, Helmut Butzkueven, Scott C Kolbe, Anneke van der Walt

2020-05-01

BACKGROUND: Treatment of tremor in MS is an unmet need. OnabotulinumtoxinA (BoNT-A) has shown promising results; however, little i..

ParkinSong: Outcomes of a 12-Month Controlled Trial of Therapeutic Singing Groups in Parkinson's Disease

Jeanette Tamplin, Meg E Morris, Caterina Marigliani, Felicity A Baker, Gustavo Noffs, Adam P Vogel

2020-01-01

Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) frequently causes progressive deterioration in speech, voice and cognitive aspects of communi..

Prevalence of self-reported movement dysfunction among young adults with a history of ecstasy and methamphetamine use

Gabrielle Todd, Lucinda Burns, Verity Pearson-Dennett, Adrian Esterman, Patrick L Faulkner, Robert A Wilcox, Dominic Thewlis, Adam P Vogel, Jason M White

2019-12-01

BACKGROUND: Illicit stimulant use is associated with long-lasting changes in movement and movement-related brain regions. The aim ..

Speech in prodromal and symptomatic Huntington's disease as a model of measuring onset and progression in dominantly inherited neurodegenerative diseases

Jess CS Chan, Julie C Stout, Adam P Vogel

2019-12-01

Subtle motor and cognitive changes can manifest prior to diagnosis in many progressive neurological disorders. Most people with Hu..

Interventions to Mitigate Bias in Social Work Decision-Making: A Systematic Review

R Featherston, A Shlonsky, C Lewis, ML Luong, L Downie, A Vogel, C Granger, B Hamilton, K Galvin

2019-10-01

Purpose: This systematic review synthesized evidence supporting interventions aimed at mitigating cognitive bias associated with t..

Looking to the Future: Speech, Language, and Academic Outcomes in an Adolescent with Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Samantha J Turner, Adam P Vogel, Bronwyn Parry-Fielder, Rhonda Campbell, Ingrid E Scheffer, Angela T Morgan

2019-10-01

OBJECTIVE: The clinical course of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is poorly understood. Of the few longitudinal studies in the f..

Motor speech and non-motor language endophenotypes of Parkinson's disease

Michelle Magee, David Copland, Adam P Vogel

2019-08-10

Introduction: Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease (PD) results in a range of motor and non-motor impairments. Clinical diagnosis common..

Quantifying ultrasonic mouse vocalizations using acoustic analysis in a supervised statistical machine learning framework

Adam P Vogel, Athanasios Tsanas, Maria Luisa Scattoni

2019-05-30

Examination of rodent vocalizations in experimental conditions can yield valuable insights into how disease manifests and progress..

Use of illicit amphetamines is associated with long-lasting changes in hand circuitry and control

Verity Pearson-Dennett, Patrick L Faulkner, Brittany Collie, Robert A Wilcox, Adam P Vogel, Dominic Thewlis, Adrian Esterman, Michelle N McDonnell, Simon C Gandevia, Jason M White, Gabrielle Todd

2019-05-01

OBJECTIVE: The study aim was to determine if use of illicit amphetamines or ecstasy is associated with abnormal excitability of th..

Recovery Within Injury Compensation Schemes: A System Mapping Study

Alex Collie, Sharon Newnam, Helen Keleher, Alan Petersen, Agnieszka Kosny, Adam P Vogel, Jason Thompson

2019-03-01

Purpose Many industrialised nations have systems of injury compensation and rehabilitation that are designed to support injury rec..

Validation of a precision tremor measurement system for multiple sclerosis

Thushara Perera, Wee-Lih Lee, Shivanthan AC Yohanandan, Nguyen Ai-Lan, Belinda Cruse, Frederique MC Boonstra, Gustavo Noffs, Adam P Vogel, Scott C Kolbe, Helmut Butzkueven, Andrew Evans, Anneke van der Walt

2019-01-01

BACKGROUND: Tremor is a debilitating symptom of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Little is known about its pathophysiology and treatments ..

What speech can tell us: A systematic review of dysarthria characteristics in Multiple Sclerosis

Gustavo Noffs, Thushara Perera, Scott C Kolbe, Camille J Shanahan, Frederique MC Boonstra, Andrew Evans, Helmut Butzkueven, Anneke van der Walt, Adam P Vogel

2018-12-01

IMPORTANCE: Multiple sclerosis produces neurological impairments that are variable in duration, severity and quality. Speech is fr..

Coordination and timing deficits in speech and swallowing in autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS)

Adam P Vogel, Natalie Rommel, Andreas Oettinger, Lisa H Stoll, Eva-Maria Kraus, Cynthia Gagnon, Marius Horger, Patrick Krumm, Dagmar Timmann, Elsdon Storey, Ludger Schoels, Matthis Synofzik

2018-09-01

BACKGROUND: Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is a rare early onset neurodegenerative disease tha..

Validation and Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the SWAL-QOL

Eva-Maria Kraus, Natalie Rommel, Lisa H Stoll, Andreas Oettinger, Adam P Vogel, Matthis Synofzik

2018-08-01

The SWAL-QOL questionnaire is a common tool for evaluating patients' dysphagia-specific quality of life. A validated German versio..

Novel Functional MRI Task for Studying the Neural Correlates of Upper Limb Tremor

Frederique MC Boonstra, Thushara Perera, Gustavo Noffs, Cassandra Marotta, Adam P Vogel, Andrew H Evans, Helmut Butzkueven, Bradford A Moffat, Anneke van der Walt, Scott C Kolbe

2018-07-02

Introduction: Tremor of the upper limbs is a disabling symptom that is present during several neurological disorders and is curren..

A Review: Mealtime Difficulties following Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

Courtney Lewis, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis, Adam P Vogel

2018-01-01

BACKGROUND: Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) can result in a decline in behavior, language, and motor function. Mealtime d..

Perception of Cantonese Lexical Tones by Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users

Colleen M Holt, Kathy YS Lee, Richard C Dowell, Adam P Vogel

2018-01-01

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to assess Cantonese word recognition and the discrimination of Cantonese tones with manipula..