Speech intelligibility in quiet and noise environments with the speech enhancer™ amplification and natural speech

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-331

  Weiss, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMPLIFIER; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DYSARTHRIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NOISE; PHONATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE;

EID: 0036999649     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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