Fortition and lenition patterns in the acquisition of obstruents by children with cochlear implants

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-251

  Kim, Jungsun ^a   Chin, Steven B ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Cochlear implantation; Fortition; Lenition; Phonology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PHONETICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 40349103833     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200701869925     Document Type: Article

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