Automatically evaluated degree of intelligibility of children with different cleft type from preschool and elementary school measured by automatic speech recognition.

Maria Schuster *, Andreas Maier , Tobias Bocklet , Emeka Nkenke , Alexandra Holst , Ulrich Eysholdt , Florian Stelzle d Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Marchioninstrasse 15, D-81377, Munich, Germany b Pattern Recognition Lab, Technical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Martensstrasse 3, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany Department of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Bohlenplatz 21, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Glucksstrasse 11, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany e Clinic for Orthodontics, University Hospital Erlangen, Gluckstrasse 11, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany

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