Effect of rate control on speech production and intelligibility in dysarthria

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 110-119

  Van Nuffelen, Gwen ^a   De Bodt, Marc ^a   Vanderwegen, Jan ^a   Van De Heyning, Paul ^a   Wuyts, Floris ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Articulation rate; Intelligibility; Pause characteristics; Rate control methods; Speaking rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; HAND; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH THERAPY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; DYSARTHRIA; HAND; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951680438     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000287209     Document Type: Article

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