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Definition: Speech Intelligibility |
Speech IntelligibilityNoun1. The intelligibility of speech (usually measured in the presence of noise or distortion). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | The percentage of speech units understood correctly by a listener in a communications system. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Ability to make speech sounds that are recognizable. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Oral-aural communication training appears to result in substantially greater speech intelligibility than manually based total communication. (references) | |
Speech produced by children with implants is more accurate than speech produced by children with comparable hearing losses using vibrotactile devices or hearing aids. One year after implantation, speech intelligibility is twice that typically reported for children with profound hearing impairments and continues to improve. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
speech intelligibility | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "speech intelligibility"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | talens forstaaelighed (intelligibility, voice intelligibility), taleforstaaelighed (intelligibility, voice intelligibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spraakverstaanbaarheid (intelligibility, voice intelligibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ymmärrettävyys (intelligibility), tajuttavuus (articulation, intelligibility, voice intelligibility), käsitettävyys (intelligibility, voice intelligibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | intelligibilité de la parole. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Sprachverständnis (intelligibility, voice intelligibility), Sprachverständlichkeit (intelligibility, voice intelligibility), Sprachverständigung (intelligibility, voice intelligibility), Verständlichkeit des gesprochenen Wortes (intelligibility, voice intelligibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταληπτότητα ομιλίας (intelligibility, voice intelligibility), ευκρίνεια ομιλίας (intelligibility, voice intelligibility), αντιληπτότητα ομιλίας (intelligibility, voice intelligibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | intelligibilit della voce (intelligibility, voice intelligibility), intelligibilit della parola (intelligibility, voice intelligibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eechspay intelligibilityay inteligibilidade da palavra (intelligibility, voice intelligibility). (various references) inteligibilidad de la palabra (intelligibility, voice intelligibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Bibliography |
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