Prosody and voice characteristics of children with cochlear implants

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-81

  Lenden, Jessica M ^a   Flipsen Jr , Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOUDNESS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PITCH; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH RATE; STRESS; VOICE;

CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 33750943663     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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