title: Judgments by children and adults regarding communication skills of esophageal speakers.
abstract: The intelligibility and acceptability of esophageal speech were judged by a group of children and a group of adults. Eight esophageal speakers demonstrating a range of speech proficiency and differing vocal characteristics were videotaped reading a children's story. These recordings were played to child and adult judges. Data were analyzed to provide information about within-group and between-group comparisons. Findings indicated that children achieved higher intelligibility scores and employed different values than did adults when listening to esophageal speech.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal; D013072:Speech, Esophageal