This paper describes the concept of comprehensibility and how it is an important construct in
the assessment and treatment of dysarthric speech. Intelligibility and comprehensibility are …

This study is the second in a two-part series examining the effects of linguistic variables on
listener processing of dysarthric speech. The first study (see KC Hustad & DR Beukelman …

Clinical measures of speech intelligibility are widely used as one means of characterizing
the speech of individuals with dysarthria. Many variables associated with both the speaker …

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

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

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

The measurement of intelligibility in dysarthric individuals is a major concern in clinical
assessment and management and in research on dysarthria. The measurement objective is …

Indices of interjudge reliability and inter-and intrajudge agreement were calculated from the
ratings made by 15 experienced speech clinicians on five deviant speech dimensions with …

Speech samples of 79 dysarthric patients (native speakers of English) were judged by two
experienced judges by means of a perceptual rating scale covering the four main …

In an effort to quantify communication efficiency, speaking rates and intelligibility scores
were obtained from a normal speaking adult and 13 dysarthric speakers representing a wide …