User profiles for Defne Abur

Defne Abur

Assistant Professor, University of Groningen
Verified email at rug.nl
Cited by 617

Feedback and feedforward auditory-motor processes for voice and articulation in Parkinson's disease

D Abur, A Subaciute, A Daliri… - Journal of Speech …, 2021 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose: Unexpected and sustained manipulations of auditory feedback during speech
production result in “reflexive” and “adaptive” responses, which can shed light on feedback and …

Sensorimotor adaptation of voice fundamental frequency in Parkinson's disease

D Abur, RA Lester-Smith, A Daliri, AA Lupiani… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objective This study examined adaptive responses to auditory perturbation of fundamental
frequency (f o ) in speakers with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and control speakers. Method …

Impaired auditory discrimination and auditory-motor integration in hyperfunctional voice disorders

D Abur, A Subaciute, M Kapsner-Smith, RK Segina… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

The relation of articulatory and vocal auditory–motor control in typical speakers

RA Lester-Smith, A Daliri, N Enos, D Abur… - Journal of Speech …, 2020 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between feedback and
feedforward control of articulation and voice by measuring reflexive and adaptive responses to …

based updates in swallowing and communication dysfunction in Parkinson disease: implications for evaluation and management

CK Broadfoot, D Abur, JD Hoffmeister… - Perspectives of the …, 2019 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose Individuals with Parkinson disease (PD) present with complex and variable symptoms,
with recent findings suggesting that the etiology of PD extends beyond the involvement …

Acoustic measures of voice and physiologic measures of autonomic arousal during speech as a function of cognitive load

MK MacPherson, D Abur, CE Stepp - Journal of Voice, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives/Hypothesis This study aimed to determine the relationship among cognitive load
condition and measures of autonomic arousal and voice production in healthy adults. Study …

Evidence for auditory-motor impairment in individuals with hyperfunctional voice disorders

CE Stepp, RA Lester-Smith, D Abur, A Daliri… - Journal of Speech …, 2017 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose The vocal auditory-motor control of individuals with hyperfunctional voice disorders
was examined using a sensorimotor adaptation paradigm. Method Nine individuals with …

Normative values of cepstral peak prominence measures in typical speakers by sex, speech stimuli, and software type across the life span

DP Buckley, D Abur, CE Stepp - American journal of speech …, 2023 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine normative values for cepstral peak
prominence measures across the life span as a function of sex using clinically relevant stimuli (/ɑ…

Visual analog scale ratings and orthographic transcription measures of sentence intelligibility in Parkinson's disease with variable listener exposure

D Abur, NM Enos, CE Stepp - American Journal of Speech …, 2019 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose While orthographic transcription (OT) is the gold standard for measures of intelligibility,
it is relatively inaccessible to clinicians. This study investigates the relationship between …

A simple 3-parameter model for examining adaptation in speech and voice production

…, HR Weerathunge, R Falsini, A Daliri, D Abur… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sensorimotor adaptation experiments are commonly used to examine motor learning
behavior and to uncover information about the underlying control mechanisms of many motor …