Production of syllable stress in speakers with autism spectrum disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-124

  Paul, Rhea ^a,b   Bianchi, Nancy ^c   Augustyn, Amy ^d   Klin, Ami ^a   Volkmar, Fred R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c West Haven Public Schools ^*  (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Prosody; Syllable stress

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR COORDINATION; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 38749084882     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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