Austeja Subaciute's research while affiliated with Boston University and other places

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Purpose Unexpected and sustained manipulations of auditory feedback during speech production result in “reflexive” and “adaptive” responses, which can shed light on feedback and feedforward auditory-motor control processes, respectively. Persons with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) have shown aberrant reflexive and adaptive responses, but responses appe...
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Hyperfunctional voice disorders (HVDs) are the most common class of voice disorders, consisting of diagnoses such as vocal fold nodules and muscle tension dysphonia. These speech production disorders result in effort, fatigue, pain, and even complete loss of voice. The mechanisms underlying HVDs are largely unknown. Here, the auditory-motor control...

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... The adaptive pitch shift paradigm of the earlier study resulted in reduced magnitudes of pitch-shift-reflex responses in the patients with Parkinson's (n=15) compared to controls (n=18 [17]). However, the more recent study found no significant differences in the pitch-shift-reflex responses when comparing the two cohorts (both n=28 [18]). These studies involved distinct participants, and of note, the patients were receiving pharmacological therapy for their Parkinson's symptoms in both studies. ...
... Thus, these functions may be identified as targets in future RTSS-Voice specifications. Additionally, many current lines of research are investigating how a patient's perceptual skills (e.g., auditory perception, somatosensory perception; Abur et al., 2021;Larson et al., 2000) or psychological functions (e.g., selfefficacy, locus of control; Gillespie & Verdolini Abbott, 2011;Misono et al., 2016) affect voice therapy outcomes. This could lead to new targets or the identification of patient subgroups that explain variance in therapeutic outcomes. ...