Speech intelligibility in hospitals

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 586-595

  Ryherd, Erica E ^a   Moeller, Michael ^a   Hsu, Timothy ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HOSPITALS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

CARE ACTIVITIES; COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS; EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; ORAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; SECOND PHASE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY INDEX; STAFF MEMBERS; STAFF PERCEPTIONS;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 84880462502     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4807034     Document Type: Article

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