Intelligibility and acceptability of moderately dysarthric speech by three types of listeners

    Authors

    P. A. Dagenais; C. R. Watts; L. M. Turnage;S. Kennedy

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Med. Speech-Lang. Pathol.

    Keywords

    Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology; Clinical Neurology

    Abstract

    This study compared the ratings of intelligibility and acceptability of three groups of listeners (normal younger adults, older normal adults, and experienced speech-language pathologists) for four older speakers, two of whom had dysarthric speech. Intelligibility ratings and acceptability ratings decreased from the normal speakers to the impaired speakers. Also, the two ratings were highly correlated showing that, as intelligibility (an objective measure) dropped, acceptability (a subjective measure) also dropped. The highest intelligibility scores were achieved by the speech-language pathologists. This group also provided the lowest acceptability ratings for the normal speakers suggesting that they might have different constructs as to the meaning of acceptability.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

    Volume

    7

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-1999

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    91

    Last Page

    95

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000082122300004

    ISSN

    1065-1438

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