Computational neural modeling of speech motor control in childhood apraxia of speech (CAS)

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1595-1609

  Terband, Hayo ^a   Maassen, Ben ^a,e   Guenther, Frank H ^b,c,d   Brumberg, Jonathan ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood apraxia of speech; Computational neural modeling; Speech motor control

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR CONTROL; SIMULATION; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; APRAXIAS; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 71649113416     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/07-0283)     Document Type: Article

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