Speech motor correlates of treatment-related changes in stuttering severity and speech naturalness

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-65

  Tasko, Stephen M ^a   McClean, Michael D ^a   Runyan, Charles M ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; JAW MOVEMENT; KINEMATICS; LIP; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARIANCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750933870     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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