A Unique Approach to Improving Intelligibility.

The article offers information on research being conducted by the author focused on the perception of speech produced by individuals diagnosed with dysarthria, a motor speech disorder arising from neurological damage or disease. Details about the disease, its characteristics and the clinical implications of the research are provided. The author explains how her award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation led to her current work. She explains why she chose her research focus.