With this study, the investigators want to investigate whether computerized speech analysis can be used to reliably and objectively detect motor, emotional, and cognitive fluctuations in Parkinson's disease patients.
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Idiopathic PD according to the Movement Disorders Society Criteria;
Age of participants > 30 and ≤ 75 years;
Treatment with or without bilateral deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus;
Dysarthria caused in addition by a condition other than PD (e.g. stroke, myasthenia);
Clinical diagnosis of aphasia;
Brain disease other than Parkinson's disease (e.g. atypical Parkinsonism, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, multiple sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, etc.).
Cognitive impairment (Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCa) < 24/30 points);
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Lead sponsor
Czech Technical University in Prague
Collaborator