Increasing phonological complexity reveals heightened instability in inter-articulatory coordination in adults who stutter

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Smith, Anne ^a   Sadagopan, Neeraja ^b   Walsh, Bridget ^a   Weber Fox, Christine ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Oral motor coordination; Phonological processes; Speech motor control; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR SYSTEM; PHONETICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOUTH; PHONETICS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952886783     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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