A longitudinal investigation of duration and temporal variability in children's speech production

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 2344-2349

  Smith, Bruce L ^a   Kenney, Mary Kay ^a   Hussain, Sarmad ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029945980     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.415421     Document Type: Article

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