Speaking rate characteristics of elementary-school-aged children who do and do not stutter

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-147

  Logan, Kenneth J ^a   Byrd, Courtney T ^b   Mazzocchi, Elizabeth M ^a   Gillam, Ronald B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age and task effects; Articulation rate; Children; Disfluency; Speech rate; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH RATE; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; STUTTERING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650418658     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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