The most recent high-profile advocate for Americans with disabilities, actor Christopher
Reeve, has highlighted for the public the economic and social costs of disability and the …

Spectral characteristics of word initial/s/and/∫/produced by individuals with amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS) and healthy controls were quantified using spectral moment analysis …

Previous studies of speech dysfunction in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) consisted
of postal surveys, which rely on the subjective opinions of patients, or were primarily focused …

Explores the residual vocal ability of people who have severe motor impairments
accompanied with severe dysarthria, and develops methods for improving the performance …

The purpose of this study was to compare the intelligibility of two types of alaryngeal speech
commonly used after total laryngectomy. Four male oesophageal speakers and four male …

The functioning of the major subsystems of the speech production apparatus of a 12 year old
female with Moebius syndrome was investigated using a battery of perceptual and …

This dissertation investigates intelligibility measurement in foreign accents. Its aim is to
provide L2 researchers and ESL teachers with a tool that yields an objective measurement …

Speech intelligibility is a key concept in the clinical management of dysarthric speakers and
demands assessment procedures which are reliable, valid and practicable at the same time …

This study describes the type of strategies speakers with dysarthria used to improve the
comprehensibility of a communicative exchange. The type of strategies familiar and …

This study compared the intelligibility ratings of two esophageal speakers with differing
levels of speaker proficiency when judged by children ages 10 to 12 years old. Previous …