Dysarthric speech: A comparison of computerized speech recognition and listener intelligibility

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-316

  Doyle, Philip C ^a   Leeper, Herbert A ^b   Kotler, Ava Lee ^b   Thomas Stonell, Nancy ^b   O'Neill, Charlene ^b   Dylke, Marie Claire ^b   Rolls, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dysarthria; Motor speech disorders; Speech disorders; Speech intelligibility; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

DYSARTHIA; MOTOR SPEECH DISORDERS; NON HEARING IMPAIRED ADULT LISTENERS;

SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DYSARTHRIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0031194649     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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