Coordination of oral and laryngeal movements in the perceptually fluent speech of adults who stutter

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 524-542

  Max, Ludo ^a,b   Gracco, Vincent L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coordination; Movement; Speech motor control; Stuttering; Timing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LARYNGOGRAPHY; LARYNX; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; SPEECH; STUTTERING; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STUTTERING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24944530271     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/036)     Document Type: Article

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