[Determination of oesophageal speech intelligibility using an articulation assessment].
OBJECTIVE
We studied if articulation could determine esophageal speech's intelligibility.


METHODS
To do so, we proposed 30 subjects distributed in three groups based on their speech proficiency level, two preliminary assessments: an articulation assessment and an intelligibility assessment.


RESULTS
The study shows a significantly high correlation (86%) between the results of the articulation assessment and the intelligibility assessment in the whole of group studied. However, we noted differences in correlations according to the level of the subjects: in the novices' group, the percentage reaches 62%, in the medium group, 76%, and in the proficient one: 97%.


CONCLUSIONS
We concluded that if the results of the articulation assessment is very high, intelligibility will be good. On the other hand, if this percentage is moderate, we can't evaluate intelligibility only with the articulation factor.
Azzarello
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Etude menée au laboratoire d'audiophonologie clinique (LAPC), CHU La Timone, Fédaration ORL, 264 rue Saint Pierre, F-13385 Marseille, France.
Amy de la Breteque
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Garrel
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R
Giovanni
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