Effectiveness of the speech enhancer on intelligibility: A case study

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-95

  Bain, Catherine ^a,b   Ferguson, Alison ^a   Mathisen, Bernice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b c/o the Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEVICE; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TAPE RECORDER; VOICE;

EID: 20444419005     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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