Predicting Speech Intelligibility Decline in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Based on the Deterioration of Individual Speech Subsystems.

PURPOSE:To determine the mechanisms of speech intelligibility impairment due to neurologic impairments, intelligibility decline was modeled as a function of co-occurring changes in the articulatory, resonatory, phonatory, and respiratory subsystems. METHOD:Sixty-six individuals diagnosed with amyotr...

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Main Authors: Panying Rong, Yana Yunusova, Jun Wang, Lorne Zinman, Gary L Pattee, James D Berry, Bridget Perry, Jordan R Green
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4858181?pdf=render