Parametric quantitative acoustic analysis of conversation produced by speakers with dysarthria and healthy speakers

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 395-411

  Rosen, Kristin M ^a   Kent, Raymond D ^a   Delaney, Amy L ^a   Duffy, Joseph R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Conversation; Distributional analysis; Dysarthria; Parkinson's disease; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSARTHRIA; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHONETICS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; STUDENT T TEST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DYSARTHRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHONETICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33747815414     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2006/031)     Document Type: Article

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