Toward phonetic intelligibility testing in dysarthria

RD Kent, G Weismer, JF Kent, JC Rosenbek - Journal of Speech and Hearing …, 1989 - ASHA
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 …

Intelligibility as a linear combination of dimensions in dysarthric speech

MS De Bodt, MEHD Huici… - Journal of communication …, 2002 - Elsevier
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 …

Effects of presentation mode and repeated familiarization on intelligibility of dysarthric speech

KC Hustad, MA Cahill - 2003 - ASHA
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 …

Reliability and agreement of ratings of ataxic dysarthric speech samples with varying intelligibility

C Sheard, RD Adams, PJ Davis - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing …, 1991 - ASHA
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 …

A comparison of techniques for measuring intelligibility of dysarthric speech

KM Yorkston, DR Beukelman - Journal of communication disorders, 1978 - Elsevier
Eight techniques for quantifying intelligibility of dysarthric speech were compared. Eight
dysarthric speakers who represented a wide range of severity were recorded producing …

Characterization of atypical vocal source excitation, temporal dynamics and prosody for objective measurement of dysarthric word intelligibility

TH Falk, WY Chan, F Shein - Speech Communication, 2012 - Elsevier
Objective measurement of dysarthric speech intelligibility can assist clinicians in the
diagnosis of speech disorder severity as well as in the evaluation of dysarthria treatments. In …

Speech technology‐based assessment of phoneme intelligibility in dysarthria

G Van Nuffelen, C Middag, M De Bodt… - International journal of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Currently, clinicians mainly rely on perceptual judgements to assess
intelligibility of dysarthric speech. Although often highly reliable, this procedure is subjective …

Effects of linguistic cues and stimulus cohesion on intelligibility of severely dysarthric speech

KC Hustad, DR Beukelman - 2001 - ASHA
This study examined the effects of supplemental cues on the intelligibility of unrelated
sentences and related sentences (narratives) produced by 4 women with severe dysarthria …

Estimating the intelligibility of speakers with dysarthria

KC Hustad - Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 2006 - karger.com
Many speakers with dysarthria have reduced intelligibility [,] and improving intelligibility is
often a primary intervention objective. Consequently, measurement of intelligibility provides …

Communication efficiency of dysarthric speakers as measured by sentence intelligibility and speaking rate

KM Yorkston, DR Beukelman - Journal of Speech and hearing disorders, 1981 - ASHA
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 …