Non-progressive Dysarthria following Stroke.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Non-progressive dysarthria following stroke: A case-control study investigating speech characteristics and impacts on intelligibility.
IRAS ID
134425
Contact name
Julie Pass
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of East Anglia
Research summary
Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder that can occur after someone has had a stroke. It affects the speed, strength and accuracy of muscle activity required for speech. Dysarthria affects between 30,000 and 45,000 people each year in the UK. It can make the person’s speech hard to understand and as a result the person can become socially isolated. \n\nWe know relatively little about dysarthria following stroke. Current speech and language therapy assessment and treatment for dysarthria relies heavily on research that has been conducted for progressive conditions such as Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neuron Disease, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Whilst some research has been conducted for non-progressive dysarthria following traumatic brain injury and stroke, this research has been carried out on small numbers of participants and often involving a mixture of progressive and non-progressive conditions. Only a few have looked at non-progressive dysarthria in isolation. It is therefore currently not known how speech is affected in non-progressive dysarthria following stroke, and whether the effects differ from progressive conditions, how well the person’s speech can be understood, and how these two things affect the person’s social participation.\n\nThis project has three aims: (1) to describe ways in which the speech of people with non-progressive dysarthria following stroke differs from the speech of healthy people; (2) to find out how these changes affect other people’s understanding of the speech; and (3) to explore the effect of the first two factors on the person’s participation in society. This information will be used to develop appropriate speech and language therapy assessment and treatment for those with non-progressive dysarthria following stroke.
REC name
East of England - Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/EE/0206
Date of REC Opinion
23 Aug 2013
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion