Monitoring speaking rate by telephone for persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. From: Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: Ball, Laura J.; Beukelman, David R.; Maassen, Kristin; Pattee, Gary L.; Ullman, Cara | COPYRIGHT 2005 Delmar Learning. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This clinical note describes strategies to monitor the speaking rate of persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in order to predict the timing of speech deterioration so that augmentative and alternative communication technology might be acquired in a timely manner. Speech samples produced by seven participants were audio recorded simultaneously onsite and over a standard analog telephone line. Speaking rate was measured using the TALLY (Yorkston, Beukelman, & Tice, 1998) ...

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