Children with specific language impairments perceive speech most categorically when tokens are natural and meaningful

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-57

  Coady, Jeffry A ^a   Evans, Julia L ^b,c   Mainela Arnold, Elina ^b,d   Kluender, Keith R ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical perception; Specific language impairment; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOICE; WORD RECOGNITION; COGNITION; HOSPITALIZATION; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247887515     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/004)     Document Type: Article

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