Positive prejudice toward disabled persons using synthesized speech: Does the effect persist across contexts?

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-380

  Stern, Steven E ^a   Dumont, Muriel ^b   Mullennix, John W ^a   Winters, M Lynn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Pennsylvania Highlands Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative communication; Prejudice; Speech disability; Synthetic speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748978184     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X07307008     Document Type: Article

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