Reduced speech activity and hypokinetic phonation in communicating hydrocephalus following subarachnoid hemorrhage.
The case of a patient whose speech activity was impaired by communicating hydrocephalus following subarachnoid hemorrhage and improved after a ventriculoatrial shunt, is reported. A phonetic description and evaluation of the patient's voice is given, with the conclusion that there is a relationship between the reduction of speech activity and the hypokinetic quality of phonation.
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D010699:Phonation; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000523:psychology*