Auditory-visual integration for speech by children with and without specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1639-1651

  Norrix, Linda W ^a   Plante, Elena ^a   Vance, Rebecca ^a   Boliek, Carol A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

McGurk effect; Specific language impairment; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONEME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36749027098     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/111)     Document Type: Article

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