Improving Intelligibility of Speakers with Profound Dysarthria and Cerebral Palsy Export

@article{citeulike:4984097, abstract = {Many individuals with cerebral palsy use natural speech as one mode of communication. Recent research suggests that, for these individuals, speech supplementation strategies, such as topic cues, alphabet cues, and combined cues, can have a significant impact on intelligibility; however, the impact of these strategies when speakers actually implement them while producing connected speech is largely unknown. In the present study, the effects of speaker-implemented topic cues, alphabet cues, and combined cues (compared with a no cues control condition) were studied for three individuals with profound dysarthria secondary to cerebral palsy. Also of interest were listener rankings of each strategy, which were based on speakers' perceived effectiveness. Group results showed that combined cues yielded higher intelligibility scores than no cues, topic cues, and alphabet cues. Conversely, no cues resulted in lower intelligibility scores than alphabet cues and topic cues; and alphabet cues resulted in higher intelligibility scores than topic cues. Most importantly, the magnitude of the benefit from combined cues was approximately 40\% across speakers, suggesting that this could be a clinically useful intervention strategy for individuals with profound dysarthria in some situations. Group data for listener effectiveness rankings followed the same pattern of results as intelligibility data. Individual differences among speakers were present and are discussed.}, author = {Hustad, Katherine and Auker, Julie and Natale, Nicole and Carlson, Rhonda}, citeulike-article-id = {4984097}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0743461031000121052}, doi = {10.1080/0743461031000121052}, journal = {Augmentative and Alternative Communication}, keywords = {alphabet\_cues, cerebral, communication\_impairment, dysarthria, intelligibility, listener\_effectiveness, neurological\_physical\_therapy, palsy, speaker-implemented\_topic\_cues}, number = {3}, pages = {187--198}, posted-at = {2009-06-27 02:33:30}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Informa Healthcare}, title = {Improving Intelligibility of Speakers with Profound Dysarthria and Cerebral Palsy}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0743461031000121052}, volume = {19}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4984097 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4984097 N2 - Many individuals with cerebral palsy use natural speech as one mode of communication. Recent research suggests that, for these individuals, speech supplementation strategies, such as topic cues, alphabet cues, and combined cues, can have a significant impact on intelligibility; however, the impact of these strategies when speakers actually implement them while producing connected speech is largely unknown. In the present study, the effects of speaker-implemented topic cues, alphabet cues, and combined cues (compared with a no cues control condition) were studied for three individuals with profound dysarthria secondary to cerebral palsy. Also of interest were listener rankings of each strategy, which were based on speakers' perceived effectiveness. Group results showed that combined cues yielded higher intelligibility scores than no cues, topic cues, and alphabet cues. Conversely, no cues resulted in lower intelligibility scores than alphabet cues and topic cues; and alphabet cues resulted in higher intelligibility scores than topic cues. Most importantly, the magnitude of the benefit from combined cues was approximately 40% across speakers, suggesting that this could be a clinically useful intervention strategy for individuals with profound dysarthria in some situations. Group data for listener effectiveness rankings followed the same pattern of results as intelligibility data. Individual differences among speakers were present and are discussed. IS - 3 JF - Augmentative and Alternative Communication EP - 198 TI - Improving Intelligibility of Speakers with Profound Dysarthria and Cerebral Palsy PB - Informa Healthcare VL - 19 SP - 187 KW - alphabet_cues KW - cerebral KW - communication_impairment KW - dysarthria KW - intelligibility KW - listener_effectiveness KW - neurological_physical_therapy KW - palsy KW - speaker-implemented_topic_cues AU - Hustad, Katherine AU - Auker, Julie AU - Natale, Nicole AU - Carlson, Rhonda PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0743461031000121052 ER -