Effects of speech stimuli and dysarthria severity on intelligibility scores and listener confidence ratings for speakers with cerebral palsy

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 306-317

  Hustad, Katherine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Dysarthria; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 35548945829     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108337     Document Type: Article

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