Formant transition duration and place perception in misarticulating children and adolescents

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 439-457

  Groenen, Paul ^a   Maassen, Ben ^b   Crul, Thom ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apraxia of speech; Articulation; Formant transitions; Phonetic processing; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0031761007     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699209808985237     Document Type: Article

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