An association between mothers' speech clarity and infants' speech discrimination skills

Developmental Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Liu, Huei Mei ^a,b   Kuhl, Patricia K ^a   Tsao, Feng Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0037793308     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00275     Document Type: Article

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