Assessing speech intelligibility in children with hearing loss: Toward revitalizing a valuable clinical tool

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-57

  Ertmer, David J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children; Hearing loss; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECORDING; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; NEONATAL SCREENING; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 78651486142     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2010/09-0081)     Document Type: Article

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