Breath-group intelligibility in dysarthria: Characteristics and underlying correlates

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1294-1310

  Yunusova, Yana ^a,b   Weismer, Gary ^a   Kent, Ray D ^a   Rusche, Nicole M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysarthria; Intelligibility; Speech acoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHONETICS; RADIOGRAPHY; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 33644824000     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/090)     Document Type: Article

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