title: Speaking clearly for the hearing impaired: intelligibility differences between clear and less clear speakers.
abstract: The clarity of the speech of 12 speakers was assessed by intelligibility tests with hearing impaired subjects and from self-ratings about the speaker's ability to communicate with such listeners. The results of these tests correlate positively. Self-ratings account for approximately 60% of the variance. Thus self-ratings can be used as a convenient practical way of establishing an individual speaker's clarity.
authors.affiliation: University College London, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonnett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010699:Phonation; D013065:Speech Intelligibility