... metrics for predicting severity of intelligibility impairment in dysarthria was examined. Methods: Twenty three speakers with Parkinson’s disease and mild to moderate hypokinetic dysarthria (HD), 9 speakers with various neurological diseases and mild to severe ataxic or ataxic-spastic dysarthria (AD...

...Inga-Lena Johansson; Christina Samuelsson; Nicole Müller Introduction: Assessment of intelligibility in dysarthria tends to rely on oral reading of sentences or words. However, self-generated utterances are closer to a client's natural speech. This study investigated how transcription of utterances...

...Alain Ghio; Muriel Lalain; Marie Rebourg; Anna Marczyk; Corinne Fredouille; Virginie Woisard Objectives: Loss of intelligibility is a major complaint for patients with speech disorders, as it affects their everyday communication and thus contributes to a decrease in their quality of life. Several...

...Hedieh Hashemi Hosseinabad; Karla N. Washington; Suzanne E. Boyce; Noah Silbert; Ann W. Kummer Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical application of the Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) instrument in children with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI). This study...

... Disabilities and handicaps Dysarthria Intelligibility Speech therapy Neurological disorders such as stroke, brain injuries, motor neuron diseases, and cerebral palsy are known to affect the motor functions of upper and lower limbs. Consequently, the independent and autonomous access to the immediate...

... assessed intelligibility and severity of dysarthria based on recorded text readings and sentences from the Swedish Test of Intelligibility. Results: CPIB scores were significantly lower for participants with moderate/severe dysarthria than for those with no/mild dysarthria and correlated with bulbar...

...: Measurements from the 3 tasks were significantly related, with a correlation coefficient of –0.94 between average RT and transcription-based intelligibility scores and –0.89 between RT and listener ratings of dysarthria. Interrater reliability of RT measurements was relatively low when considering a single...

...Lindsay Pennington; Katherine C. Hustad Objective: The Viking Speech Scale (VSS) reliably classifies the speech performance of children with cerebral palsy. This paper aims to establish the construct validity of the VSS by testing the extent to which percentage intelligibility in single word speech...

... Intelligibility Speech perception The electrolarynx (EL) is a small, hand-held device that is commonly used by individuals following laryngectomy [ 1-3 ]. When placed on the neck, a periodic source signal is transmitted through neck tissue and into the vocal tract where it is filtered by the articulators...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Speech transcription Automated speech recognition Aphasia Stroke Assessment Intelligibility Research Article Folia...

...Marjolein C. Coppens-Hofman; Hayo Terband; Ad F.M. Snik; Ben A.M. Maassen Purpose: Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) often show reduced speech intelligibility, which affects their social interaction skills. This study aims to establish the main predictors of this reduced intelligibility...

.... One-month delayed test scores were higher than pre-familiarization scores, but the advantage of active familiarization was not present for all speakers. Conclusion: This study supports familiarization benefits in enhancing consonant intelligibility in dysarthria and suggests that perceptual learning...

...Tino Haderlein; Catherine Middag; Jean-Pierre Martens; Michael Döllinger; Elmar Nöth Objective: Automatic intelligibility assessment using automatic speech recognition is usually language specific. In this study, a language-independent approach is proposed. It uses models that are trained...

...Kris Tjaden; Emily Richards; Christina Kuo; Greg Wilding; Joan Sussman Objective: Several issues concerning F2 slope in dysarthria were addressed by obtaining speech acoustic measures and judgments of intelligibility for sentences produced in Habitual, Clear and Loud conditions by speakers...

... improvements might be associated with increased intelligibility levels. Methods: Sixteen individuals with CP and dysarthria (9 girls, mean age 14 years, SD = 2; 9 with spastic type CP, 2 dyskinetic, 4 mixed, 1 Worster-Drought syndrome) completed intelligibility assessments on separate days twice before...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Compressed speech Speech modification Ataxic dysarthria Intelligibility Speech disorders Original Paper Folia Phoniatr Logop 2010;62:185 194 DOI: 10.1159/000314263 Published online: May 11, 2010...

...Gwen Van Nuffelen; Marc De Bodt; Jan Vanderwegen; Paul Van de Heyning; Floris Wuyts The reported study investigated the effect of 7 rate control methods (RCM) on running speech intelligibility, speaking rate (SR), articulation rate (AR) and pause characteristics in 27 individuals with dysarthria...

...-to-noise ratio Intelligibility Pleasantness Acceptability Abstract In order to evaluate the results of voice and speech rehabilitation after total laryngectomy some acoustic parameters (fundamental frequency, waveform pertur­ bation) were examined in 18 total laryngectomy pa­ tients. Eight...

...Gwen van Nuffelen; Marc De Bodt; Floris Wuyts; Paul Van de Heyning Purpose: This study investigated the effect of rate control methods (RCMs) on speaking rate (SR), articulation rate (AR), and intelligibility in dysarthric speakers. Method: Nineteen dysarthric patients (7 unilateral upper motor...

...Gwen van Nuffelen; Marc De Bodt; Cindy Guns; Floris Wuyts; Paul Van de Heyning Objective: In persons with a speech pathology, improved intelligibility is the fundamental goal of treatment. Identification of specific phonetic features that affect intelligibility, contributes to selecting...