Perception of foreign accent syndrome speech and its relation to segmental characteristics

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-120

  Dankovičová, Jana ^a   Hunt, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

apraxia of speech; Foreign accent syndrome; motor speech disorders; perception of foreign accent; perception of impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STROKE;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STROKE;

EID: 79551539005     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699206.2010.513027     Document Type: Article

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