Communication disorders in speakers of tone languages: Etiological bases and clinical considerations

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 162-173

  Wong, Patrick C M ^a,b   Perrachione, Tyler K ^a,c   Gunasekera, Geshri ^a   Chandrasekaran, Bharath ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysarthria; Functional neuroimaging; Language learning; Lexical tone

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; MUSIC; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; PERCEPTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPEECH; ADULT; BRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE;

EID: 70350515911     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: 10989056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1225953     Document Type: Review

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