Text-to-speech technology effects on reading rate and comprehension by adults with traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1388-1394

  Harvey, Judy ^a   Hux, Karen ^a   Scott, Nikki ^a   Snell, Jeffry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Cognitive intervention; Reading intervention; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SPEECH RATE; SURVIVOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEXT TO SPEECH TECHNOLOGY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885915349     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.823649     Document Type: Article

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