Speech impairment in down syndrome: A review

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 178-210

  Kent, Ray D ^a   Vorperian, Houri K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluency disorders; Genetic disorders; Prosody; Speech sound disorders; Voice disorders

Indexed keywords

DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER;

DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84874507596     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/12-0148)     Document Type: Review

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