Speech recognition and dysarthria: A single subject study of two individuals with profound impairment of speech and motor control

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-90

  Havstam, Christina ^a   Buchholz, Margret ^a   Hartelius, Lena ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DART ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Computer access; Dysarthria; Measuring efficiency; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH DISORDER; TIME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DYSARTHRIA; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPEECH PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VOICE;

EID: 0142010982     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14015430310015372     Document Type: Article

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