Robust automatic intelligibility assessment techniques evaluated on speakers treated for head and neck cancer

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 467-482

  Middag, Catherine ^a   Clapham, Renee ^b,c   Van Son, Rob ^b,c   Martens, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic intelligibility assessment; Intelligibility; Pathological speech; Phonological features; Text independent

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC SPEECH PROCESSING; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; INTELLIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT; INTELLIGIBILITY PREDICTIONS; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL SPEECH; PHONOLOGICAL FEATURES; TEXT INDEPENDENTS;

DISEASES; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 84890546411     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: 10958363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csl.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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