Toward validation of a minimal competence phonetic core for African American children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1244-1262

  Stockman, Ida J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Children; Consonant articulation; MCC; Validity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONSONANT; CONVERSATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH DISORDER; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WORD RECOGNITION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHONETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 52949108396     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0081)     Document Type: Article

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