Measuring the intelligibility of conversational speech in children

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-312

  Flipsen Jr , Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child speech; Conversation; Intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33646399750     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200400024863     Document Type: Article

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