Perceptual and acoustic predictors of intelligibility and acceptability in Cantonese speakers with dysarthria

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 229-233

  Whitehill, Tara L ^a   Ciocca, Valter ^a   Yiu, Edwin M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VOICE;

EID: 10944262399     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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