Influence of listening conditions and listener characteristics on intelligibility of dysarthric speech

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 393-403

  Pennington, Lindsay ^a   Miller, Nick ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysarthria; Intelligibility; Listener characteristics; Listening conditions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34247897028     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200701276675     Document Type: Article

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