Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the practice patterns of speech-
language pathologists (SLPs) working in health care settings when assessing the speech of …

Purpose: In current clinical practice, intelligibility of dysarthric speech is commonly assessed
by speech-language therapists (SLTs), in most cases by the therapist caring for the patient …

Purpose Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who work with adults with dysarthria were
surveyed to investigate trends of clinical practice for assessing speech intelligibility. Method …

This study compared the ratings of intelligibility and acceptability of three groups of listeners
(normal younger adults, older normal adults, and experienced speech-language …

The purpose of this study was to examine the barriers and strategies that listeners endorsed
as they attempted to understand dysarthric speech. Speech samples were collected from …

Background: Many factors influence listener perception of dysarthric speech. Final
consensus on the role of gender and listener experience is still to be reached. The speaker's …

The purpose of this study was to determine if any relationships exist across the measures of
intelligibility, comprehensibility, and acceptability when used to assess dysarthric speech …

A clinician-judged technique for quantifying dysarthric speech based on single-word
intelligibility was developed and evaluated in three experiments. Dysarthric speakers were …

Eight techniques for quantifying intelligibility of dysarthric speech were compared. Eight
dysarthric speakers who represented a wide range of severity were recorded producing …

Speech pathologists often estimate intelligibility as dysarthric speakers read standard
passages. The first phase of this study compared estimates of intelligibility made by speech …