Quantifying speech rhythm abnormalities in the dysarthrias

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1334-1352

  Liss, Julie M ^a   White, Laurence ^b   Mattys, Sven L ^b   Lansford, Kaitlin ^a   Lotto, Andrew J ^c   Spitzer, Stephanie M ^a   Caviness, John N ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysarthria; Rhythm metrics; Speech rhythm

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RHYTHM; SPASTICITY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATAXIA; DYSARTHRIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349471116     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0208)     Document Type: Article

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