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Peer reviewedHoit, Jeannette D.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1990
A study of 80 children, aged 7, 10, 13, and 16, found that gender was not an important variable in speech breathing, but age was. The youngest group exhibited such things as larger lung, rib cage, and abdominal volume initiations and terminations for breath groups and fewer syllables per breath group. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Factors
