Title

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

Authors

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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