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Parkinson's disease (PD), which is not only a motor disease, is one of the most frequent neurodegenerative diseases and affects 1.5-2% of people worldwide. The role of its non motor-symptoms is of first importance on quality of life. Speech impairment is considered a part of motor impairment and is widespread in PD where most frequent speech impairment is Hypokinetic dysarthria, a disorder characterized by reduced articulation movements and phonetic monotony.
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