Speech rate and fluency in children and adolescents

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-332

  Martins, Isabel Pavão ^a,c   Vieira, Rosário ^a   Loureiro, Clara ^a   Santos, M Emilia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b Escuela Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acquired aphasia in children; Speech fluency in children; Speech rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; SPEECH RATE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34250336795     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040600837370     Document Type: Article

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