Effect of sign task on speech timing in simultaneous communication

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 439-455

  Whitehead, Robert L ^a   Schiavetti, Nicholas ^b   Whitehead, Brenda H ^a   Metz, Dale Evan ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Deaf culture; Hearing impairment; Sign language; Simultaneous communication; Speech production

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030711499     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9924(97)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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