speech intelligibility
- noun
- /spiːtʃ ɪnˌtɛlɪdʒəˈbɪlɪti/
- Specialized
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inteligibilidad del habla
- The acoustic benefit of open ear molds and the high-frequency emphasis produced have been shown to improve speech intelligibility.
- speech intelligibility assessment
- speech intelligibility measures
- speech intelligibility in noise
Examples
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Assessments of speech intelligibility provide unique information about the functional speech status of these children.
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Patients were asked to rate the loudness of their own voice, speech intelligibility in noise, and tolerance in noise.
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One would expect some reduction in speech intelligibility under these circumstances.
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The next step in the process is to calculate a speech intelligibility score for each judge.
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Only human experiments can provide this very crucial information, especially regarding speech intelligibility.
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However, the consequences of reduced speech intelligibility reach far beyond a speaker's immediate need to communicate a message.
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As such, treatments that address improving speech intelligibility are fundamental to the successful management of dysarthria.
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The software was developed for the quantitative assessment of speech intelligibility and the acoustic analysis of speech segments.
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The ICS is recommended as a screening measure of children's speech intelligibility.
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In a noisy classroom, teachers often struggle with speech intelligibility when talking to their students.
Synonyms
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6.1
A clear and distinct way of pronouncing words that helps people understand them
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5.5
Clear speech that is easy for people to understand
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The ease with which people understand speech or writing
Antonyms
- Specialized
A problem where a person cannot understand speech even though hearing is normal
How Intelligible
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'degree to which spoken language can be understood' is directly derivable from combining 'speech' (spoken language) with 'intelligibility' (degree of clarity/understandability). This is a regular noun–noun compositional pattern that is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would reliably infer the MWE's meaning (even if the phrase is somewhat formal/technical).
Etymology
Speech intelligibility comes from a simple image: speech means talking and intelligibility is about how clearly words are 'understood'. So the term grew from tests where people tried to hear words through phones or loudspeakers, and today speech intelligibility means 'how well spoken words can be understood', especially when there is noise or bad sound.