title: Predictive measures of speech proficiency in cerebral palsied speakers.
abstract: The present study attempted to investigate the relationship between judged speech proficiency of cerebral palsied speakers and the following quantitative speech parameters: 1) the number of articulatory errors; 2) the intelligibility of the speech of the cerebral palsied; 3) mean vocal fundamental frequency; 4) variation of vocal fundamental frequency; 5) mean speech-sound pressure level; 6) variation of speech-sound pressure level; 7) word-per-minute speech rate. Secondarily, the study investigated the differences in the speech of the spastic and athetoid populations in terms of the parameters listed above.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D001264:Athetosis / Q000150:complications; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000150:complications; D012737:Sex Factors; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D014833:Voice Quality