Direct magnitude estimation of articulation rate in boys with fragile X syndrome

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1370-1379

  Zajac, David J ^a   Harris, Adrianne A ^a   Roberts, Joanne E ^a   Martin, Gary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulation rate; Direct magnitude estimation; Fragile X syndrome; Prosody; Speaking rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS;

EID: 70349454074     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/07-0208)     Document Type: Article

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