The speech naturalness of people who stutter speaking under delayed auditory feedback as perceived by different groups of listeners

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-251

  Van Borsel, John ^a   Eeckhout, Hannelore ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Delayed auditory feedback; Speech naturalness; Speech rate; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED AUDITORY FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPEECH RATE; STUTTERING;

ADULT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STUTTERING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50249129641     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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