The levels of speech usage rating scale: Comparison of client self-ratings with speech pathologist ratings

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-344

  Gray, Christina ^a   Baylor, Carolyn ^b   Eadie, Tanya ^a   Kendall, Diane ^a   Yorkston, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

communicative participation; dysarthria; proxy; speech needs; voice demands; voice disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPEECH; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 84859938169     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2011.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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