Articulation rate and its relationship to disfluency type, duration, and temperament in preschool children who stutter

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-129

  Tumanova, Victoria ^a   Zebrowski, Patricia M ^a   Throneburg, Rebecca N ^b   Kulak Kayikci, Mavis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulation rate; Childhood stuttering; Disfluencies; Prolongations; Speech; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STUTTERING; TEMPERAMENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY TESTS; PHONETICS; SPEECH; STUTTERING; TEMPERAMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650414202     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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