An assessment of several acoustic parameters in children's speech production development: Longitudinal data

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-108

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

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031626158     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpho.1997.0061     Document Type: Article

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