The Effect of Aging and Synthetic Topic Cues on the Intelligibility of Dysarthric Speech

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-29

  Jones, Wylanta ^a   Mathy, Pamela ^a   Azuma, Tamiko ^a   Liss, Julie ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Augmentative and alternative communication; Intelligibility

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS); AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; INTELLIGIBILITY;

DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; SEMANTICS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542334758     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610310001615981     Document Type: Article

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