Listener ratings of the intelligibility of tracheoesophageal speech in noise

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-289

  Mccoll, Douglas ^a   Fucci, Donald ^a   Petrosino, Linda ^b   Martin, Daniel E ^c   Mccaffrey, Patrick ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laryngectomy; Phonation structures; Speech; Speech pathology; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; ESOPHAGUS SPEECH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONATION; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; NOISE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH, ESOPHAGEAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031903170     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9924(98)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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