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From: Relief of Acquired Stuttering Associated With Parkinson’s Disease by Unilateral Left Subthalamic Brain Stimulation
J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2009;52(6): doi: / (2009/ )
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A: Blinded evaluations of the effects of unilateral left subthalamic nucleus deep-brain stimulation (STN DBS) on stuttering associated with Parkinson’s disease show significant improvement in the percentage of syllables stuttered combining results from three separate speech evaluations. B: Although the percentage of syllables stuttered improved on dopaminergic medications, the effect of unilateral STN DBS was relatively independent of medication. *p < , χ2 test comparing DBS-off and DBS-on conditions.
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