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Descriptor English: Speech Intelligibility
Descriptor Spanish: Inteligibilidad del Habla
Descriptor inteligibilidad del habla
Scope note: Capacidad para hacer reconocibles los sonidos del habla.
Descriptor Portuguese: Inteligibilidade da Fala
Descriptor French: Intelligibilité de la parole
Entry term(s): Intelligibilities, Speech
Intelligibility, Speech
Speech Intelligibilities
Tree number(s): F01.145.209.908.677.610
G11.561.812.686
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013065
Scope note: Ability to make speech sounds that are recognizable.
Annotation: the speaker's speech is understood or not understood by the hearer; do not confuse with SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS (the examinee hears & understands the examiner's speech)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DE drug effects
ES ethics
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Auditory Perception (1967-1978)
Speech (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
Related: Speech Production Measurement MeSH
DeCS ID: 13450
Unique ID: D013065
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/22
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Speech Intelligibility - Preferred
Concept UI M0020249
Scope note Ability to make speech sounds that are recognizable.
Preferred term Speech Intelligibility
Entry term(s) Intelligibilities, Speech
Intelligibility, Speech
Speech Intelligibilities



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