The relationship between listener comprehension and intelligibility scores for speakers with dysarthria

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 562-573

  Hustad, Katherine C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Comprehensibility; Dysarthria; Speech intelligibility; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITION; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 46949092781     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/040)     Document Type: Article

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