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A Protocol for Comprehensive Assessment of Bulbar Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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February 21, 2011
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1Department of Speech-Language Pathology,University of Toronto, 2ALS/ MN Clinic,Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, 3Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders,University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 4Department of Neurology, Munroe-Meyer Institute,University of Nebraska Medical Center, 5Department of Neurology,University of Toronto
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Objective assessments of the physiological mechanisms that support speech are needed to monitor disease onset and progression in persons with ALS and to quantify treatment effects in clinical trials. In this video, we present a comprehensive, instrumentation-based protocol for quantifying speech motor performance in clinical populations.
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Yunusova, Y., Green, J. R., Wang, J., Pattee, G., Zinman, L. A Protocol for Comprehensive Assessment of Bulbar Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). J. Vis. Exp. (48), e2422, doi:10.3791/2422 (2011).
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