Using language sample databases

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-95

  Heilmann, John J ^a   Miller, Jon F ^b   Nockerts, Ann ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Discourse; Language sample analysis; Language sample databases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; CHILD; DATA BASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE;

EID: 73649110997     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0075)     Document Type: Article

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