Acquired dysarthria in conversation: Methods of resolving understandability problems

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 510-523

  Bloch, Steven ^a   Wilkinson, Ray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conversation analysis; dysarthria; motor speech disorders; progressive neurological disorders; repair; social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHONATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHONATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 80052638325     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2011.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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