Untrained listeners' ratings of speech disorders in a group with cleft palate a comparison with speech and language pathologists ratings

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 656-674

  Brunnegrd, Karin ^a   Lohmander, Anette ^b   Van Doorn, Jan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cleft palate speech; Nasality; Perceptual analysis; Untrained listeners

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOSE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADULT; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350088428     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820802295203     Document Type: Article

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