Connected speech features in non-English speakers with Alzheimer’s disease: protocol for scoping review
Abstract Background A large body of literature indicates that connected speech profiles in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be utilized for diagnosis, disease monitoring, and for developing communication strategies for patients. Most connected speech research has been conducted in English,...
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| description | Abstract Background A large body of literature indicates that connected speech profiles in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be utilized for diagnosis, disease monitoring, and for developing communication strategies for patients. Most connected speech research has been conducted in English, with little work in some European languages. Therefore, significant drawback remains with respect to the diversity of languages studied, and how the fragmentation of linguistic features differs across languages in AD. Accordingly, existing reviews on connected speech in AD have focused on findings from English-speaking patients; none have specifically focused on the linguistic diversity of AD populations. This scoping review is undertaken to provide the currently reported characteristics of connected speech in AD in languages other than English. It also seeks to identify the type of assessments, methods to elicit speech samples, type of analysis and linguistic frameworks used, and micro- and macro-linguistic features of speech reported in non-English speakers with AD. Method We will conduct a scoping review of published studies that have quantitively assessed connected speech in AD in languages other than English. The inclusion criteria for the studies would be subject/s with a clinical diagnosis of AD. The search will include the electronic databases PubMed, Ovid-Embase, PsycINFO, Linguistic and Language Behaviour Abstracts (LLBA), and Web of Science up until March 2023. Findings will be mapped and described according to the languages studied, the methodology employed (e.g., patient characteristics, tasks used, linguistic analysis framework utilized), and connected speech profiles derived (e.g., micro- and macro-linguistic reported). Discussion The scoping review will provide an overview of languages studied in connected speech research in AD with variation in linguistic features across languages, thus allowing comparison with the established key features that distinguish AD patients from healthy controls. The findings will inform future research in connected speech in different languages to facilitate robust connected speech research in linguistically and ethnically diverse populations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-197df40b99e44a649494c1b33d78d1622024-03-05T16:21:28ZengBMCSystematic Reviews2046-40532024-01-011311610.1186/s13643-023-02379-yConnected speech features in non-English speakers with Alzheimer’s disease: protocol for scoping reviewArpita Bose0Samrah Ahmed1Yesi Cheng2Aida Suárez-Gonzalez3School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of ReadingSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of ReadingSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of ReadingDementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College LondonAbstract Background A large body of literature indicates that connected speech profiles in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be utilized for diagnosis, disease monitoring, and for developing communication strategies for patients. Most connected speech research has been conducted in English, with little work in some European languages. Therefore, significant drawback remains with respect to the diversity of languages studied, and how the fragmentation of linguistic features differs across languages in AD. Accordingly, existing reviews on connected speech in AD have focused on findings from English-speaking patients; none have specifically focused on the linguistic diversity of AD populations. This scoping review is undertaken to provide the currently reported characteristics of connected speech in AD in languages other than English. It also seeks to identify the type of assessments, methods to elicit speech samples, type of analysis and linguistic frameworks used, and micro- and macro-linguistic features of speech reported in non-English speakers with AD. Method We will conduct a scoping review of published studies that have quantitively assessed connected speech in AD in languages other than English. The inclusion criteria for the studies would be subject/s with a clinical diagnosis of AD. The search will include the electronic databases PubMed, Ovid-Embase, PsycINFO, Linguistic and Language Behaviour Abstracts (LLBA), and Web of Science up until March 2023. Findings will be mapped and described according to the languages studied, the methodology employed (e.g., patient characteristics, tasks used, linguistic analysis framework utilized), and connected speech profiles derived (e.g., micro- and macro-linguistic reported). Discussion The scoping review will provide an overview of languages studied in connected speech research in AD with variation in linguistic features across languages, thus allowing comparison with the established key features that distinguish AD patients from healthy controls. The findings will inform future research in connected speech in different languages to facilitate robust connected speech research in linguistically and ethnically diverse populations.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02379-yAlzheimer’s diseaseDementiaConnected speech analysisSpontaneous speechNaturalistic speechLexicon |
| spellingShingle | Arpita Bose Samrah Ahmed Yesi Cheng Aida Suárez-Gonzalez Connected speech features in non-English speakers with Alzheimer’s disease: protocol for scoping review Systematic Reviews Alzheimer’s disease Dementia Connected speech analysis Spontaneous speech Naturalistic speech Lexicon |
| title | Connected speech features in non-English speakers with Alzheimer’s disease: protocol for scoping review |
| title_full | Connected speech features in non-English speakers with Alzheimer’s disease: protocol for scoping review |
| title_fullStr | Connected speech features in non-English speakers with Alzheimer’s disease: protocol for scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Connected speech features in non-English speakers with Alzheimer’s disease: protocol for scoping review |
| title_short | Connected speech features in non-English speakers with Alzheimer’s disease: protocol for scoping review |
| title_sort | connected speech features in non english speakers with alzheimer s disease protocol for scoping review |
| topic | Alzheimer’s disease Dementia Connected speech analysis Spontaneous speech Naturalistic speech Lexicon |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02379-y |
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