THE WHITAKER DATABASE OF DYSARTHRIC (CEREBRAL-PALSY) SPEECH

The Whitaker database is a collection of 19 275 isolated-word utteranc es spoken by six persons whose speech spans a broad spectrum of dysart hria due to cerebral palsy. The database additionally contains utteran ces by a normal speaker which can be used for reference. The vocabular y is divided into two sets-one of 46 words (the ''TI-46'' vocabulary c onsisting of the alphabet, digits, and 10 control words), the other of of 35 words (the ''Grandfather'' set consisting of phonetically diver se words). The database is available through the electronic mail netwo rk for use in studies of recognition, perception, articulation, and ot her aspects of speech disorders.