Purpose The purpose of this study was to describe the pretreatment acoustic characteristics
of individuals with male-to-female gender identity (IMtFGI) and investigate the ability of the …

Purpose Given the potential significance of speech naturalness to functional and social
rehabilitation outcomes, the objective of this study was to examine the effect of listener …

The concept of speech naturalness is used widely in clinic and research applications.
Unfortunately, the lack of consistency in research methods means that comparing findings …

Purpose To examine the functional impact of specific language impairment (SLI). Specific
goals were to determine whether (a) subjective ratings of narrative quality differentiate …

Objective To investigate the validity and reliability of multiple listener judgments of
hypernasality and audible nasal emission, in children with repaired cleft palate, using visual …

Summary Objectives The CAPE-V is a widely used protocol developed to help standardize
the evaluation of voice. Variability of voice quality ratings has prevented development of …

Studies have raised concerns about the reliability of traditional clinical perceptual voice
evaluation. References, training, and the analysis-by-synthesis method were proposed to …

Purpose To determine whether experienced and inexperienced listeners rate
postthyroidectomy voice samples similarly using the Consensus Auditory-Perceptual …

Purpose: Error related to incorrect use of rating scales is problematic in the assessment and
treatment of dysarthria. The main purpose of this project was to determine scale fit for …

Objectives To assess the nasalance/nasality relationship and Nasometer test sensitivity and
specificity when nasality ratings are obtained with both equal appearing interval (EAI) and …