EPG treatment of sibilants in two Cantonese-speaking children with cleft palate

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 265-280

  Stokes, Stephanie F ^a   Whitehill, Tara L ^a   Yuen, Kevin C P ^a   Tsui, Anita M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Affricates; Cantonese; Electropalatography; Treatment efficacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 0029956415     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699209608985175     Document Type: Article

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