An investigation of speech perception in children with specific language impairment on a continuum of formant transition duration

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 805-816

  Burlingame, Elizabeth ^a   Sussman, Harvey M ^a   Gillam, Ronald B ^a,b   Hay, Jessica F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b 1 University Station A1100 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Specific language impairment; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PERFORMANCE; PHONETICS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 29144495863     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/056)     Document Type: Article

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