Algorithmic estimation of pauses in extended speech samples of dysarthric and typical speech

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 149-154

  Green, Jordan R ^a   Beukelman, David R ^a   Ball, Laura J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPEECH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 10944248922     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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