Phonological neighborhood and word frequency effects in the stuttered disfluencies of children who stutter

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 229-247

  Anderson, Julie D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Frequency; Language; Phonological neighborhood; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PHONEME; PHONETICS; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH; STUTTERING; HOSPITALIZATION; LINGUISTICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHONETICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUTTERING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34247884401     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/018)     Document Type: Article

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