Effects of rate of presentation on the reception of american sign language

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 568-582

  Fischer, Susan D ^a   Delhorne, Lorraine A ^b   Reed, Charlotte M ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Sign Language (ASL); Language processing; Modality effects; Rate effects; Time compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0033062568     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4203.568     Document Type: Article

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