مجلة العلوم النفسية والتربوية

.dysarthria In Patients With Parkinson’s Disease :a Comparative Study Of Early And Advanced Stages

Auteurs : Bagaa Hamida .

Résumé

This study aimed to examine statistically significant differences in dysarthria between patients with early-stage and advanced-stage Parkinson’s disease. The sample consisted of six patients aged between 70 and 80 years, including three patients diagnosed with early-stage Parkinson’s disease and three with advanced-stage Parkinson’s disease. A comparative descriptive design was adopted. The oral expression subtests of the MTA Test (2000), including syllable repetition, word repetition, sentence repetition, and naming tasks, were administered because no standardized dysarthria assessment adapted to the Algerian context was available. Data were analyzed using SPSS Version 27. The findings revealed clear differences between the two groups across all assessed speech-production tasks. Patients in the advanced stage demonstrated greater impairment in articulation and verbal performance than those in the early stage, confirming the progressive impact of Parkinson’s disease on speech motor functions .

Mots clés

dysarthria ; Parkinson