Assessment of rhythmic entrainment at multiple timescales indyslexia: Evidence for disruption to syllable timing

Hearing Research

Volumn 308, Issue , 2014, Pages 141-161

  Leong, Victoria ^a   Goswami, Usha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONEME; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RATE;

ADULT; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MUSIC; OSCILLOMETRY; PERIODICITY; PHONETICS; READING; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892368442     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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