We also assess intelligibility at the sentence level. One type of analysis looks at whether there is consistency in production at the word and sentence level. Another analysis looks at intelligibility as a function of how well a listener can understand words produced in context. This is a write-down intelligibility measure that utilizes Clarke sentences5
A student is recorded reading a corpus of ten sentences and a listener reviews the recording and orthographically transcribes what he/she hears.
The intelligibility scale ranges from 1 to 5, with 1 indicating speech that is unintelligible. Samples of sentences reflecting this range are available below for listening:
Rating
Example
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Target Sentence
1.0
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Toggle Sentence The dresses were put away before school. 1.0
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Toggle Sentence A boy got a brown puppy for Christmas. 1.0
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Toggle Sentence Mr. Black caught a big fish one Sunday. 1.5
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Toggle Sentence Many boys like to read about airplanes. 1.5
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Toggle Sentence A telephone woke up the little boy. 1.5
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Toggle Sentence Betty swept the floor in the dining room. 1.8
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Toggle Sentence The newspaper was under the table. 1.8
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Toggle Sentence Miss White bought a dress for the school party. 1.8
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Toggle Sentence Bob found a puppy in the dining room. 2.1
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Toggle Sentence A boy lost some money on the playground. 2.1
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Toggle Sentence The snowman had on a funny big hat. 2.1
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Toggle Sentence A big dog ran away with a slipper. 2.6
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Toggle Sentence The books about boats were not on the shelf. 2.6
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Toggle Sentence A little dog went to sleep in a car. 2.6
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Toggle Sentence The plates on the table were not dirty. 3.0
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Toggle Sentence The baby sat down on the grass and cried. 3.0
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Toggle Sentence The names of the dogs were in the notebook. 3.0
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Toggle Sentence Tom wrote four stories about animals. 3.6
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Toggle Sentence A brown bird sat on a fence near a house. 3.6
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Toggle Sentence Tom put some old shoes in a wastebasket. 3.6
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Toggle Sentence A girl lost an umbrella at the zoo. 3.9
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Toggle Sentence Peter went home for twenty-five minutes. 3.9
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Toggle Sentence The movie was about clowns and cowboys. 3.9
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Toggle Sentence Paul dropped a hot dog on the ground last night. 4.0
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Toggle Sentence Someone forgot to go to the office. 4.0
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Toggle Sentence A farmer went swimming after supper. 4.0
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Toggle Sentence Mr. Black caught a big fish one Sunday. 4.4
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Toggle Sentence Someone put a cup on the new table. 4.4
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Toggle Sentence The little dog had a sore foot last week. 4.4
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Toggle Sentence Betty tried on coats at the sale Friday. 4.7
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Toggle Sentence A man gave Tom some money for the show. 4.7
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Toggle Sentence A girl turned on the light in the bedroom. 4.7
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Toggle Sentence Many little boys played on the ball field. 5.0
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Toggle Sentence The snowman looked funny after the rain. 5.0
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Toggle Sentence Nancy saw some yellow birds on a fence. 5.0
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Toggle Sentence A boy made four houses in the sandbox. 5.0
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Toggle Sentence The boys played in the river last summer. 5.0
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Toggle Sentence Sally saw a movie about ponies. 5.0
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Toggle Sentence Tom washed two cars Saturday afternoon.