A comparison of the effects of the Lee Silverman voice treatment and traditional therapy on intelligibility, perceptual speech features, and everyday communication in nonprogressive dysarthria

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-24

  Wenke, Rachel J ^a   Theodoros, Deborah ^a   Cornwell, Petrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dysarthria; Intensity; Nonprogressive; Stroke; TBI; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DYSARTHRIA; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEE SILVERMAN VOICE TREATMENT; LOUDNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RATE; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83455206779     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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