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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"speech articulation"”.
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Compensatory Adjustments in Speech Articulation
… possible spatial and temporal effects on speech when a bite block was used to hold the jaw in a fixed position. Six adults and six children produced the stimulus word [pip] within a sentence ten times under no bite block (NBB) and bite block (BB) conditions. Seven points of measurement …
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An Evaluation of Commonly Used Speech Articulation Tests From the Standpoint of a Public School Therapist
It is the purpose of this study to administer five commonly used tests and evaluate them according to ease of administration and the value of the information received. Because this study is to be essentially exploratory in nature, and not experimental, the evaluation of the tests will be largely …
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Identification and Discrimination of Synthetic Sonorants by Children: The Influence of Disordered Articulation (Perception)
… training is a major component of speech-therapy programs designed to improve speech-articulation skills. Training in the identification and discrimination of correct and incor- rect speech-sound production is based on the premise that there is a causal relation between speech …
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Fixed Crown Prosthetic Treatment in Childhood – Functional Aspects /// Неснемаемо коронково протезиране в детска възраст – функционални аспекти
… its complications violate the normal chewing and speech function and the normal appearance of children. The aim of the dissertation is on the basis of sociological and clinical researches to introduce and aprobate in practice treatment methodologies with fixed crown prosthesis in childhood, by …
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Phenotypic And Electrophysiologic Characterization of a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome
… and deficits in motor coordination including speech articulation deficits. The development of the FMR1 knockout (Fmr1 KO) mouse, in which the Fmr1 gene is inactivated, has provided an animal model that can be used to investigate underlying neuro-physiological mechanisms associated with FXS as …
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Generalizable Depression Detection and Severity Prediction Using Articulatory Representations of Speech
… timely treatments. MDD is known to affect speech. Leveraging on the changes in speech characteristics that occur due to depression, a lot of vocal biomarkers are being developed to detect depression. However, the study into changes in articulatory coordination associated with depression is …
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Unveiling the impact of neuromotor disorders on speech: a structured approach combining biomechanical fundamentals and statistical machine learning
Speech has been shown to convey clinically useful information in the study of Neurodegenerative Disorders (NDs), such as Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Traditionally the use of speech as an exploratory tool in People with Parkinson’s (PwP) has focused on the estimation of acoustic characteristics and …
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A sensorimotor basis of speech communication
… of constructing a language-agnostic model of speech communication. Insights from major theories in speech science and linguistics are used to develop a conceptual framework for sensorimotor primitives in the context of control and information theory. Within this conceptual framework, …
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Intelligibility: From Phoneme to Process
… explores the impact of phonological processes on speech intelligibility. The influence of traditional articulation theory and phonological theory on the assessment of unintelligible speech is reviewed. Traditionally based articulation assessment of speech intelligibility is discussed and the …