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Intonational Patterns of Nonverbal Vocalizations in People With Dementia
Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Speech and Language Pathology. Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences.
Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Health and Society. Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3033-9879
2011 (English)In: American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia, ISSN 1533-3175, E-ISSN 1938-2731, Vol. 26, no 7, p. 563-572Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Nonverbal vocalizations in dementia are important clinically since they generally have been regarded as disruptive behavior that is disturbing. The aim of the present study is to describe the interactional pattern, including the prosodic package, of nonverbal vocalizations in a participant in a late stage of dementia. The acoustic analysis shows that the vocalizations do not differ significantly from the verbal utterances regarding mean fundamental frequency or pitch range. The mean fundamental frequency, F(0), of the utterances from Anna was significantly higher than the mean F(0) from the other elderly participants. The analysis demonstrates that there is a singing-like type of vocalizations that does not resemble the previously described patterns of nonverbal vocalizations. This pattern of the nonverbal vocalization does not resemble the intonation of Annas verbal utterances. The other participants perceive Annas vocalizations as potentially meaningful turns. Nonverbal vocalizations in clinical settings should be taken as communicative contributions.

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SAGE Publications (UK and US) , 2011. Vol. 26, no 7, p. 563-572
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nonverbal vocalizations, interaction, prosody, dementia, acoustic, analysis
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-74170DOI: 10.1177/1533317511428152ISI: 000298603200008OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-74170DiVA, id: diva2:480826
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Funding Agencies|Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, RJ||Available from: 2012-01-20 Created: 2012-01-20 Last updated: 2017-12-08

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