Stability and Validity of an Automated Measure of Vocal Development From Day-Long Samples in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-107

  Yoder, Paul J ^a   Oller, D Kimbrough ^b,c   Richards, Jeffrey A ^d   Gray, Sharmistha ^e   Gilkerson, Jill ^d,f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research   (Australia)

^d LENA Foundation   (United States)

^e University of Colorado ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical psychology; Developmental psychology; Infants; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; VOCALIZATION;

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; INFANTS; PEDIATRICS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84876806730     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1271     Document Type: Article

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