Speech rate effects upon intelligibility and acceptability of dysarthric speech

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 141-148

  Dagenais, Paul A ^a   Brown, Gidget R ^a   Moore, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Dysarthria; Intelligibility; Naturalness; Speech rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH RATE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 31644444481     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200400026843     Document Type: Article

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