A closer look at transcription intelligibility for speakers with dysarthria: Evaluation of scoring paradigms and linguistic errors made by listeners

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-277

  Hustad, Katherine C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Dysarthria; Speech intelligibility; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748870738     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2006/025)     Document Type: Article

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