Perception of voice and tone onset time continua in children with dyslexia with and without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 245-270

  Breier, Joshua I ^a   Gray, Lincoln ^b   Fletcher, Jack M ^a   Diehl, Randy L ^c   Klaas, Patricia ^a   Foorman, Barbara R ^a   Molis, Michelle R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Dyslexia; Phonetics; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035515232     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2001.2630     Document Type: Article

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