LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ASSIDS – Assessment of Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech ALS – a myotrophic lateral sclerosis (cf. MND), also: Charcot disease,1 Lou Gehrig disease CT – computer tomography EMG – Electromyography ET – essential tremor FDA – Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment fMRI – functional magnetic resonance imaging HD – Huntington disease LD – laryngeal dystonia MND – motor neuron disease MRI – magnetic resonance imaging MS – multiple sclerosis, also: disseminated sclerosis MSA – multiple-system atrophy ORL – otorhinolaryngology, also: otolaryngology PD – Parkinson disease POS – psychoorganic syndrome PSP – progressive supranuclear palsy RDP – Robertson Dysarthria Profile SAM – Speech Assessment Method SCA – spinocerebellar ataxia SN – substantia nigra TBI – traumatic brain injury 1 [Note: The BL series follows WHO and AMA guidelines, which advocate for the elimination of the possessive in eponymic names of neurological disorders. For details, see, e.g. Michael R. MacAskill, Tim J. Anderson (2013) “Whose name is it anyway? Varying patterns of possessive usage in eponymous neurodegenerative diseases.” PeerJ 1(e67); DOI: 10.7717/peerj.67—ed.’s note]
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