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Peer reviewedMetz, Dale Evan; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1990
The study examined the relationship between 28 segmental and suprasegmental acoustic parameters of speech production and measures of speech intelligibility for 40 severely to profoundly hearing-impaired persons (mean age 21 years). Findings support the tractability of employing selected acoustic variables for the estimation of speech…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Adults, Articulation Impairments, Comprehension
Peer reviewedShriberg, Lawrence D.; Paul, Rhea; McSweeny, Jane L.; Klin, Ami; Cohen, Donald J.; Volkmar, Fred R. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2001
This study compared the speech and prosody-voice profiles for 30 male speakers with either high-functioning autism (HFA) or Asperger syndrome (AS), and 53 typically developing male speakers. Both HFA and AS groups had more residual articulation distortion errors and utterances coded as inappropriate for phrasing, stress, and resonance. AS speakers…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Articulation (Speech), Autism
Peer reviewedShriberg, Lawrence D.; Widder, Carol J. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1990
Analysis of speech samples of 40 noninstitutionalized persons (ages 20-50) with mental retardation found that speech and prosody status were not statistically associated with gender or gross level of mental retardation but were associated with estimated probability of independent living. The existence of a cognitive capacity constraint and a…
Descriptors: Adults, Independent Living, Intervention, Language Skills
