Measurement of intelligibility in disordered speech

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-199

  Klein, Edward S ^a   Flint, Cari B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deletion of final consonants; Fronting of velars; Intelligibility; Phonological disorders; Stopping of fricatives and affricates; Treatment target selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; READING; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 33747457388     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2006/021)     Document Type: Article

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