A Description of Phonetic, Acoustic, and Physiological Changes Associated with Improved Intelligibility in a Speaker with Spastic Dysarthria

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 274-290

  Roy, Nelson ^a   Leeper, Herbert A ^b   Blomgren, Michael ^a   Cameron, Rosalea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Intelligibility; Phonetic; Physiological; Spastic dysarthria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035599537     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2001/025)     Document Type: Article

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