Developmental role of static, dynamic, and contextual cues in speech perception

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 960-974

  Hicks, Candace Bourland ^a   Ohde, Ralph N ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic cues; Children; Perceptual development; Speech perception; Transition rate

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 29144499012     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/066)     Document Type: Article

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