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- Examination of Clear Speech in Parkinson Disease Using Measures of Working Vowel Space. July 16, 2019 Examination of Clear Speech in Parkinson Disease Using Measures of Working Vowel Space. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2019 Jul 15;62(7):2082-2098 Authors: Whitfield JA, Mehta DD Abstract Purpose The purpose of the current study was to characterize clear speech production for speakers with and without Parkinson disease (PD) using several measures of working vowel space computed from frequently sampled formant…