Formant centralization ratio: A proposal for a new acoustic measure of dysarthric speech

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-125

  Sapir, Shimon ^a   Ramig, Lorraine O ^b   Spielman, Jennifer L ^b   Fox, Cynthia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysarthria; F2i F2u ratio; Formant centralization ratio; Parkinson's disease; Speech acoustics; Vowel space area

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHONETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH THERAPY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHONETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77249172715     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0184)     Document Type: Article

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