The effects of gated speech on the fluency of speakers who stutter

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 250-255

  Howell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delayed auditory feedback; Developmental stuttering; Disfluency; Disruptive rhythm hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 34548314339     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104463     Document Type: Article

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