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Synthesized Speech Intelligibility and Early Preschool-Age Children: Comparing Accuracy for Single-Word Repetition with Repeated Exposure
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Pinkoski-Ball, Carrie L.; Reichle, Joe; Munson, Benjamin – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012
Purpose: This investigation examined the effect of repeated exposure to novel and repeated spoken words in typical environments on the intelligibility of 2 synthesized voices and human recorded speech in preschools. Method: Eighteen preschoolers listened to and repeated single words presented in human-recorded speech, DECtalk Paul, and AT&T Voice…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Preschool Children, Artificial Speech, Audio Equipment
Clinical Experience Using the Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability for Identification of Patients at Risk for Aspiration in a Mixed-Disease Population
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Gonzalez-Fernandez, Marlis; Sein, Michael T.; Palmer, Jeffrey B. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2011
Purpose: To determine the clinical performance characteristics of the Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability (MASA) for predicting aspiration (determined by videofluoroscopic swallowing study [VFSS]) in a mixed population. Method: We selected 133 cases clinically evaluated using MASA and VFSS from January through June 2007. Ordinal risk rating…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Patients, Clinical Experience, Diseases