The Use of Tactile Supplements in Lipreading Swedish and English: A Single-Subject Study

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 172-183

  Plant, Geoff ^a,b   Gnosspelius, Johan ^a   Levitt, Harry ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bilingual; Bimodal perception; Lipreading; Tactile aids

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIP READING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LIPREADING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 0034134070     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4301.172     Document Type: Article

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