What do systematic reviews say?

Short‐term (1 week) percentage change (improvement) in overall speech production · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Short‐term (1 week) change in isolated movement, objective and subjective measures of speech production SARA. Scale from: 0 to 6. Higher scores indicate more severe speech disorder. · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Short‐term (1 week) change in quality of life scores related to communication as measured by validated communication assessments · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Generic quality of life measures · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Adverse effects (during study) · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Short‐term (within 1 month) change in isolated movement, objective and subjective measures of speech production Wessel 1995: Mean syllable duration during rapid‐syllable repetition task. Scale from: 1 to 500. Shorter durations are better. · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Longer‐term burdens (minimum 1 month) (for example, demands on caregivers, frequency of tests, restrictions on lifestyle) · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Economic outcomes · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Short‐term (1 week) percentage change (improvement) in overall speech production · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Short‐term (within 1 month) change in isolated movement, objective and subjective measures of speech production Cooper 2008 reported 3 speech measures: ICARS speech subscale. Scale from: 0 to 8. Higher scores indicate greater clinical severity Syl... · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Short‐term (within 1 month) change in quality of life scores related to communication as measured by validated communication assessments · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Longer‐term (minimum 1 month) change in generic quality of life scores · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Adverse effects (during study) · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Longer‐term burdens (minimum 1 month) (for example, demands on caregivers, frequency of tests, restrictions on lifestyle) · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Economic outcomes · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Short‐term (1 week) percentage change (improvement) in overall speech production · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Short‐term (within 1 month) change in quality of life scores related to communication as measured by validated communication assessments · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Short‐term (within 1 month) change in isolated movement, objective and subjective measures of speech production Cooper 2008 reported 3 speech measures: ICARS speech subscale. Scale from: 0 to 8. Higher scores indicate greater clinical severity Syl... · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Longer‐term (minimum 1 month) change in generic quality of life scores · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias

Adverse effects (during study) · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias