Effects of visual information on intelligibility of open and closed class words in predictable sentences produced by speakers with dysarthria

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 353-367

  Hustad, Katherine C ^a   Dardis, Caitlin M ^a   Mccourt, Kelly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed class words; Dysarthria; Intelligibility; Open class words; Visual information

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; DYSARTHRIA; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPREADING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TAPE RECORDING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34247860656     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200701259150     Document Type: Article

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