Individual variability in delayed auditory feedback effects on speech fluency and rate in normally fluent adults

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 489-504

  Chon, HeeCheong ^a   Jo Kraft, Shelly ^b   Zhang, Jingfei ^c   Loucks, Torrey ^c   Ambrose, Nicoline G ^c  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulation rate; Auditory to motor integration; Cluster analysis; Delayed auditory feedback; Individual variability; Speech errors; Stuttering like disfluencies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULATION RATE; AUDITORY-TO-MOTOR INTEGRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELAYED AUDITORY FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; SPEECH ERRORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH SOUND DISORDER; STUTTERING; STUTTERING-LIKE DISFLUENCIES; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ARTICULATION RATE; AUDITORY-TO-MOTOR INTEGRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELAYED AUDITORY FEEDBACK; INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; SPEECH ERRORS; STUTTERING-LIKE DISFLUENCIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STUTTERING; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878023847     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0303)     Document Type: Article

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