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@article{mirkoska-etal-2023-detection-331869,
	title        = {Detection of Subclinical Motor Speech Deficits after Presumed Low-Grade Glioma Surgery},
	abstract     = {Motor speech performance was compared before and after surgical resection of presumed low-grade gliomas. This pre- and post-surgery study was conducted on 15 patients (mean age = 41) with low-grade glioma classified based on anatomic features. Repetitions of /pa/, /ta/, /ka/, and /pataka/ recorded before and 3 months after surgery were analyzed regarding rate and regularity. A significant reduction (6 to 5.6 syllables/s) pre- vs. post-surgery was found in the rate for /ka/, which is comparable to the approximate average decline over 10-15 years of natural aging reported previously. For all other syllable types, rates were within normal age-adjusted ranges in both preoperative and postoperative sessions. The decline in /ka/ rate might reflect a subtle reduction in motor speech production, but the effects were not severe. All but one patient continued to perform within normal ranges post-surgery; one performed two standard deviations below age-appropriate norms pre- and post-surgery in all syllable tasks. The patient experienced motor speech difficulties, which may be related to the tumor's location in an area important for speech. Low-grade glioma may reduce maximum speech-motor performance in individual patients, but larger samples are needed to elucidate how often the effect occurs. },
	journal      = {Brain Sciences},
	author       = {Mirkoska, Vesna and Antonsson, Malin and Hartelius, Lena and Nylén, Fredrik},
	year         = {2023},
	volume       = {13},
	number       = {12},
}

@article{ake-etal-2023-experiences-316630,
	title        = {Experiences of language and communication after brain-tumour treatment: A long-term follow-up after glioma surgery.},
	abstract     = {The purpose of this study was to explore how persons having received various treatments for glioma, a type of brain tumour, experience their language, speech, and communication in everyday life. Twelve persons with low-grade glioma and one with high-grade glioma who had undergone tumour resection in 2014-2016 in different tumour locations were interviewed using a semi-structured protocol. The video-recorded interviews were transcribed and analysed using qualitative content analysis, which revealed three manifest categories, nine sub-categories and one latent theme. Participants experienced changed communication that affected word finding, motor speech and comprehension. They also expressed how communication required a greater effort; time and context were important factors and participants felt frustrated with their communication. Further, they were dealing with changes and used multiple strategies to manage communication. For most participants it did not affect their everyday life, but it was not like before. In addition, participants adapted their way of living to manage illness-related problems. Uncertainty was a latent theme which emanated from the participants' illness experience, reflecting how living with a slow-growing brain tumour affects life-decisions and views of perceived symptoms. Discussion of how results can be interpreted in relation to previous research and health care are included.},
	journal      = {Neuropsychological rehabilitation},
	author       = {Åke, Sabina and Hartelius, Lena and Jakola, Asgeir Store and Antonsson, Malin},
	year         = {2023},
	volume       = {33},
	number       = {7},
	pages        = {1225--1261},
}