A longitudinal study of speech timing in young children later found to have reading disability

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1300-1314

  Smith, Allan B ^a   Smith, Susan Lambrecht ^a   Locke, John L ^b   Bennett, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Pausing; Reading; Reading disability; Speaking rate

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RATE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; RISK FACTORS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 52949122819     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/06-0193)     Document Type: Article

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