Vowel contrast and speech intelligibility in dysarthria

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 187-194

  Kim, Heejin ^a   Hasegawa Johnson, Mark ^b   Perlman, Adrienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysarthria; Speech intelligibility; Vowel contrast

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957735170     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318881     Document Type: Article

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