The influence of listener experience and academic training on ratings of nasality

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-58

  Lewis, Kerry E ^a   Watterson, Thomas L ^a   Houghton, Sarah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic training; Listener experience; Nasalance scores; Nasality ratings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SURGEON; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATION; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037213886     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9924(02)00134-X     Document Type: Article

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