An acoustic analysis of prosody in high-functioning autism

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-404

  Diehl, Joshua J ^a   Watson, Duane ^b   Bennetto, Loisa ^a   McDonough, Joyce ^a   Gunlogson, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 70450242970     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716409090201     Document Type: Article

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