Coarticulation and formant transition rate in young children who stutter

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 676-688

  Chang, Soo Eun ^a   Ohde, Ralph N ^a   Conture, Edward G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Coarticulation; Speech acoustics; Stuttering; Transition

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STUTTERING;

EID: 0036693143     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2002/054)     Document Type: Article

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