Investigating speech motor practice and learning in people who stutter

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-51

  Namasivayam, Aravind Kumar ^a   van Lieshout, Pascal ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Motor practice; Movement coordination; Speech motor skill; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COORDINATION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONEME; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; PROCESSING; SKILL; SPEECH; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MALE; PHONATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 39149099123     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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