The use of electropalatography (EPG) in the assessment and treatment of motor speech disorders in children with Down's syndrome: Evidence from two case studies

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 66-75

  Wood, Sara ^a   Wishart, Jennifer ^b   Hardcastle, William ^a   Cleland, Joanne ^a   Timmins, Claire ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articulation; Down's syndrome; Electropalatography; Intelligibility; Motor speech disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONSONANT; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROPALATOGRAPHY; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PALATE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TONGUE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOWEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651167013     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17518420902738193     Document Type: Article

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