Interaction of speech coders and atypical speech II: Effects on speech quality

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 689-699

  Jamieson, Donald G ^a   Parsa, Vijay ^a   Price, Moneca C ^a   Till, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Speech coding; Speech disorders; Speech quality ratings; Telecommunications; Voice disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; PITCH; RELIABILITY; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; TELECOMMUNICATION; VOICE;

EID: 0036693111     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2002/055)     Document Type: Article

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