Neurophysiological indexes of speech processing deficits in children with specific language impairment

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1168-1180

  Shafer, Valerie L ^a   Morr, Mara L ^a   Datta, Hia ^a   Kurtzberg, Diane ^b   Schwartz, Richard G ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 22944483161     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0898929054475217     Document Type: Article

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