Speech sequence skill learning in adults who stutter

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-360

  Bauerly, Kim R ^a   De Nil, Luc F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Sequence skill learning; Speech task; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; SPEECH; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH; STUTTERING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82555192449     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: 1873801X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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