Articulating novel words: Children's oromotor skills predict nonword repetition abilities

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1800-1812

  Krishnan, Saloni ^a   Alcock, Katherine J ^b   Mercure, Evelyne ^c   Leech, Robert ^d   Barker, Edward ^a   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a   Dick, Frederic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Language; Language disorders; Phonology; Speech motor control; Speech production

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING; LIP; MALE; MOUTH; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TONGUE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING; LIP; MALE; MOUTH; MOVEMENT; PHONETICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TONGUE;

EID: 84891530059     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0206)     Document Type: Article

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