Rise time and formant transition duration in the discrimination of speech sounds: The Ba-Wa distinction in developmental dyslexia

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-43

  Goswami, Usha ^a   Fosker, Tim ^a,b   Huss, Martina ^a   Mead, Natasha ^a   SzuCs, Dénes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; CUES; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 78650077587     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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