A Cross-Language Study of Acoustic Predictors of Speech Intelligibility in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease.

Purpose: The present study aimed to compare acoustic models of speech intelligibility in individuals with the same disease (Parkinson's disease [PD]) and presumably similar underlying neuropathologies but with different native languages (American English [AE] and Korean). Method: A total of 48 speak...

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Published in:	Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 60; no. 9; pp. 2506 - 2519
Main Authors:	Yunjung Kim, Yaelin Choi
Format:	Article
Published:	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Sep2017
Subjects:	Native language Patients Intelligibility of speech Acoustic models Parkinson's disease patients English language ability testing Articulation (Speech) Korean language ability testing Dysarthria Diagnosis Parkinson's disease Regression analysis Research funding Sound T-test (Statistics) Data analysis software Descriptive statistics
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