A Longitudinal Case Study of ALS: Effects of Listener Familiarity and Proficiency on Intelligibility Judgments

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 230-240

  Depaul, Roxanne ^a,b   Kent, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; Dysarthria; Listener judge; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034413674     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0903.230     Document Type: Article

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