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Subramanian, Anu; Yairi, Ehud; Amir, Ofer – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2003
A study investigated frequency change and duration of the second formant (F2) transition in speech samples recorded close to stuttering onset in 10 preschoolers who stutter, 10 who recovered from stuttering, and 10 controls. Near stuttering onset, children whose stuttering persisted demonstrated significantly smaller frequency change than the…
Descriptors: Etiology, Individual Characteristics, Language Patterns, Predictor Variables

Van Putten, Steffany M.; Walker, Judy P. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2003
A study examined the abilities of three adults with varying degrees of apraxia of speech (AOS) to produce emotional prosody. Acoustic analyses of the subjects' productions revealed that unlike the control subject, the subjects with AOS did not produce differences in duration and amplitude cues to convey different emotions. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Cues, Emotional Response

Le Dorze, Guylaine; Bedard, Christine – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1998
Connected speech of 134 healthy, Canadian French-speaking adults, grouped according to age and education level, was analyzed using an aphasia battery. Results demonstrated that older subjects with less education produced fewer content units and were less efficient in transmitting lexico-semantic information. Effects of age and education level on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Age Differences, Aphasia