Effects of speech training on the accuracy of speech recognition for an individual with a speech impairment

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-80

  Kotler, Ava Lee ^a   Thomas Stonell, Nancy ^a,b  

^a HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Coll Audiologists Speech Lang P ^*

Author keywords

Computer recognition; Dysarthria; Speech impairment; Speech recognition; Speech training; Voice recognition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LEARNING AIDS FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

DYSARTHRIA; SPEECH TRAINING;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031170196     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619712331277858     Document Type: Article

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